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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F170937

Preserved specimen of Brachidontes rostratus (Dunker, 1857) | Beaked Mussel recorded on 1989-02-12
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F170937
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F170937
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Jack Austin  
Collector Argo, Betty  
Supplied as "Betty Argo"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Date identified 2010

Event

Occurrence date 1989-02-12
Supplied date "1989-02-12T00:00:00\1989-02-12T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Conchifera | Bivalvia | Pteriomorphia | Mytiloida | Mytilidae
Scientific name Brachidontes rostratus
Supplied scientific name "Brachidontes (Brachidontes) rostratus (Dunker, 1857)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Beaked Mussel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Mytilida
Supplied as "Mytiloida"
Family Mytilidae
Genus Brachidontes
Species Brachidontes rostratus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Dunker, 1857)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Subgenus Brachidontes
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Otway, cape Dinosaur Cove
Latitude -38.87
Supplied as: "-38.87"
Longitude 143.52
Supplied as: "143.52"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Otway, cape Dinosaur Cove
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Corangamite
    NRM Regions 2017 Corangamite
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Corangamite
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Otway
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)