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Occurrence record: MO:S43525

Preserved specimen of Megacardita turgida (Lamarck, 1819)
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Mollusc Collection
Supplied collection code "MO"
Catalog number S43525
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:43525
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Whisson, C.S.;Hansen, G.  
Collector Slack-Smith, S.  
Supplied as "Slack-Smith, S."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Epibenthic sled]
Date identified 2009-01-01

Event

Event ID AIMS-WAM RV "Solander" Ningaloo Survey III Jan/Feb 2008
Occurrence date Year: 2008, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:2008 
Sampling protocol Epibenthic sled  
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Megacardita turgida
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Carditida
Supplied as "Carditoida"
Family Carditidae
Genus Megacardita
Supplied as "Cardita"
Species Megacardita turgida
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1819)
Supplied as Sowerby, 1825
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -22.0483
Supplied as: "-22.0483"
Longitude 113.4447
Supplied as: "113.4447"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality RVS4545-D094
Min elevation -41
Max elevation -42
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to GPS
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 22°2`54"S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 113°26`41"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Gascoyne
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Gascoyne
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Western Transition
    Marine
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Gascoyne Marine Park
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone