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Occurrence record: Molluscs:MO43835

Preserved specimen of Chama pacifica Broderip, 1834 | Large Pacific Chama recorded on 1991-12-05
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Molluscs
Supplied collection code "Molluscs"
Catalog number MO43835
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Molluscs:MO43835
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Dry
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Occurrence date 1991-12-05
Verbatim event date 05 Dec 1991
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Chama pacifica
Identified to rank species
Common name Large Pacific Chama
Supplied common name "Pacific Jewel-box Clam"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Supplied as "Venerida"
Family Chamidae
Genus Chama
Species Chama pacifica
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Broderip, 1834
Supplied as Broderip, 1835
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
Locality Juliette Cay, Lihou Reef, Coral Sea
Latitude -17.383333
Supplied as: "-17.383333"
Longitude 151.4
Supplied as: "151.4"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 17° 23' South
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 24' East

Additional properties

object id MO31047

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Coral Sea
    RAMSAR wetland regions Coral Sea Reserves (Coringa-Herald and Lihou Reefs and Cays)
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Province
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Coral Sea Marine Park