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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.354685

Preserved specimen of Conus (Gastridium) geographus Linnaeus, 1758 | The Geographer Cone recorded on 1976/1976
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Dataset

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.354685
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10285854,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.354685"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Loch, Mr I W  
Collector V. Taylor
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment Beach
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Beach]
Date identified 1982
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: texpress 01/Sep/1999

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10028692
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: texpress 01/Sep/1999
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1976, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1976/1976"
Sampling protocol Beach  
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Conus (Gastridium) geographus
Supplied scientific name "Conus geographus Linnaeus, 1758"
Identified to rank species
Common name The Geographer Cone
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Hypsogastropoda
Family Conidae
Genus Conus
Species Conus geographus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Conus geographus Linnaeus, 1758
Scientific name authorship Linnaeus, 1758
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Linnaeus, 1758

Geospatial

Country Australia
Latitude -17.416666
Supplied as: "-17.416666"
Longitude 151.66667
Supplied as: "151.66667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Lihou Reef, E of Cairns
Water body Coral Sea
Location remarks [MAL# 938 C] Coral Sea, Australia, Lihou Reef, E of Cairns (17° 25' 00" S, 151° 40' 00" E) 1976 - 1976, Taylor, V(Collector), Beach, Accession
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 17° 25' 00" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 40' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Coral Sea
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northeast Province
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    RAMSAR wetland regions Coral Sea Reserves (Coringa-Herald and Lihou Reefs and Cays)
    Ramsar Wetlands of Australia 2024 Coral Sea Reserves (Coringa-Herald and Lihou Reefs and Cays)
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Province
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Queensland Region
    Marine
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Coral Sea Marine Park
    Australian Marine Parks 2024 Coral Sea

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 193.0 frequency
    Species Richness 151.0 frequency