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Occurrence record: MO:S39532

Preserved specimen of Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) | Blacklip Pearl 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 S39532
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:39532
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Slack-Smith, S.M.  
Collector WA Museum Party  
Supplied as "WA Museum Party"
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [hand]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE

Event

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

Taxonomy

Scientific name Pinctada margaritifera
Identified to rank species
Common name Blacklip Pearl Oyster
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Ostreida
Family Pteriidae
Supplied as "Margaritidae"
Genus Pinctada
Species Pinctada margaritifera
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Supplied as Linnaeus, 1758
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -17.0783
Supplied as: "-17.0783"
Longitude 119.6019
Supplied as: "119.6019"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 10
Min elevation 0
Max elevation 0
Island Mermaid Reef
Island group Rowley Shoals
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to ECWMAP
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 17°04`42"S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 119°36`07"E

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 5bcb2cb4-f1aa-433f-9939-37d3c1ba7faf
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -17.0783,119.6019
    Related records
    Record UUID 82ecb5d1-9f64-4f18-9426-1779b82aa96d
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -17.0783,119.6019

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Rowley Shoals
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Mermaid Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Mermaid Reef
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Transition
    Marine
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Mermaid Reef Marine Park
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone