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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.122559

Preserved specimen of Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Knife Finger Oyster recorded on 1976-06-02
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Malacology Collection
Supplied collection code "Malacology"
Catalog number C.122559
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10061960","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.122559"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.122559
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Loch, Mr I. W.  
Identified date 2010-9
Collector 1.  Ponder, W.F.   2.  Beckensale, G.  
Supplied as "W.F.Ponder & G.Beckensale"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2010-09
Supplied as 2010-9
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10040959
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good";
Occurrence date 1976-06-02
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ensiculus cultellus
Supplied scientific name "Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Knife Finger Oyster
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Adapedonta
Family Pharidae
Genus Ensiculus
Species Ensiculus cultellus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Latitude -11.216
Supplied as: "-11.216"
Longitude 132.183
Supplied as: "132.183"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Berkeley Bay, E side of Port Essington
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 917 C] Australia, Northern Territory, Berkeley Bay, E side of Port Essington (11° 13' 00" S, 132° 11' 00" E) 02/06/1976 - 02/06/1976, W.F.Ponder & G.Beckensale(Collector), Field Collected - Aquatic";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 11° 13' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 132° 11' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2016/11/7
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2016/11/7
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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