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Occurrence record: MO:S40354

Preserved specimen of Chama pacifica Broderip, 1834 | Large Pacific Chama
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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 S40354
Other catalog numbers ["1164-82"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:40354
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Special Alcohol 75% (Ethanol 93% & Methanol 7%)
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 Chama pacifica
Identified to rank species
Common name Large Pacific Chama
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Supplied as "Veneroida"
Family Chamidae
Genus Chama
Species Chama pacifica
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Broderip, 1834
Supplied as Broderip, 1835
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -17.3777
Supplied as: "-17.3777"
Longitude 119.3361
Supplied as: "119.3361"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 7
Min elevation 0
Max elevation 0
Island Clerke Reef
Island group Rowley Shoals
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to Label
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 17°22`40"S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 119°20`10"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 5c4c650a-44fc-4300-ab19-e37c586f333e
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -17.3777,119.3361
    Related records
    Record UUID b343fd79-128a-4bd6-9dd9-753ac3fd1b70
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -17.3777,119.3361

    Additional political boundaries information

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