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Occurrence record: MO:S39658

Preserved specimen of Pteria Scopoli, 1777 | Wing Pearl Oysters
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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 S39658
Other catalog numbers ["1313-82"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:39658
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Special Alcohol 75% (Ethanol 93% & Methanol 7%)
Identified by Slack-Smith, S.M.  
Collector WA Museum Party  
Supplied as "WA Museum Party"
Individual count 2
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [diving]

Event

Event ID WAM Rowley Shoals Expedition 1982
Occurrence date Year: 1982, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1982 
Sampling protocol diving  
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Pteria
Identified to rank genus
Common name Wing Pearl Oysters
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Ostreida
Supplied as "Pterioida"
Family Pteriidae
Genus Pteria
Species Pteria sp.
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Scopoli, 1777
Name parse type INFORMAL

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -17.2547
Supplied as: "-17.2547"
Longitude 119.3628
Supplied as: "119.3628"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 6
Min elevation -17
Max elevation -17
Island Clerke Reef
Island group Rowley Shoals
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to ECWMAP
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 17°15`17"S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 119°21`46"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Rowley Shoals
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Rowley Shoals
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Rowley Shoals
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Transition
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF BROOME