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Occurrence record: MO:S39783

Preserved specimen of Spondylus squamosus Schreibers, 1793 | Northern Thorny Oyster
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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 S39783
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:39783
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Slack-Smith, S.M.  
Collector Laurenson, D.L.  
Supplied as "Laurenson, D.L."
Individual count 3
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Walking]

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1971, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1971 
Sampling protocol Walking  
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Spondylus squamosus
Identified to rank species
Common name Northern Thorny Oyster
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Pectinida
Supplied as "Pectinoida"
Family Spondylidae
Genus Spondylus
Species Spondylus squamosus
Name match metric fuzzyMatch
Scientific name authorship Schreibers, 1793
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -14.6333
Supplied as: "-14.6333"
Longitude 120.7667
Supplied as: "120.7667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Island group Scott and Seringapatam Reefs
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to Label
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 14°38`S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 120°46`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Scott Reef
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Timor Province
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone