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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F172296

Preserved specimen of Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758) | Saucer Scallop recorded on 1993-01-21
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F172296
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F172296
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Jack Austin  
Collector Dr Chung-Chen Lu - Museum of Victoria
Identification qualifier cf pleuronectes
Sex Unknown
Individual count 2
Life stage Juvenile
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number SS01/93 30
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl]
Dataset / Survey name [SS0193]
Date identified 2010

Event

Dataset / Survey name SS0193  
Event ID SS01/93 30
Field Number SS01/93 30
Occurrence date 1993-01-21
Supplied date "1993-01-21T00:00:00\1993-01-21T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol trawl  
End day of year 21
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 21

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Conchifera | Bivalvia | Pteriomorphia | Ostreoida | Pectinina | Pectinoidea | Pectinidae
Scientific name Amusium pleuronectes
Supplied scientific name "Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Saucer Scallop
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Pectinida
Supplied as "Ostreoida"
Family Pectinidae
Genus Amusium
Species Amusium pleuronectes
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Gulf of Carpentaria
Latitude -12.64
Supplied as: "-12.64"
Longitude 141.177
Supplied as: "141.177"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Gulf of Carpentaria
Minimum depth in metres 42
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Location ID SS0193 30

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Arafura Sea Gulf of Carpenteria
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Carpentaria
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northern Shelf Province
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Carpentaria
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Carpentaria Gulf Region
    Marine
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COOK SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 5527.0 frequency
    Species Richness 458.0 frequency