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Occurrence record: Molluscs:MO17860

Preserved specimen of Antigona puerpera (Linnaeus, 1771) | Maiden's Purse Venus Clam
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Molluscs
Supplied collection code "Molluscs"
Catalog number MO17860
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Molluscs:MO17860
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Dry
Identified by P P Spoor  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Hand]

Event

Sampling protocol Hand  
Verbatim event date Jun 1986
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Antigona puerpera
Identified to rank species
Common name Maiden's Purse Venus Clam
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Supplied as "Venerida"
Family Veneridae
Genus Antigona
Species Antigona puerpera
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1771)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Great Palm Island, (North East Bay), NEQ
Latitude -18.716667
Supplied as: "-18.716667"
Longitude 146.566667
Supplied as: "146.566667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Location remarks littoral silty sand amongst coral slabs
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 18° 43' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146° 34' East

Additional properties

object id MTQ5108

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Central & North GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    NRM Regions 2010 Burdekin
    NRM Regions 2017 Burdekin
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Burdekin
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Lucinda-Mackay Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 HINCHINBROOK SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TOWNSVILLE