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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.227065

Preserved specimen of Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Knife Finger Oyster recorded on 1977-12-12
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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.227065
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10125794","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.227065"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.227065
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Loch, Mr I W  
Identified date 2010-9
Collector 1.  Ponder, W.F.   2.  Loch, I.   3.  Terrill, P.  
Supplied as "W.F.Ponder, I.Loch & P.Terrill"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2010-09
Supplied as 2010-9
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Poor";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10054758
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Poor";
Occurrence date 1977-12-12
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 Queensland
Latitude -19.733
Supplied as: "-19.733"
Longitude 148.233
Supplied as: "148.233"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality GBR, off Bowen
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 1470 B] Australia, Queensland, GBR, off Bowen (19° 44' 00" S, 148° 14' 00" E) 12/12/1977 - 12/12/1977, W.F.Ponder, I.Loch & P.Terrill(Collector), HMAS "Kimbla".";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 19° 44' 0" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 148° 14' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/3/5
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/3/5
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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