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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.219366

Preserved specimen of Mactra (Mactra) pura Reeve, 1854 | Pure Trough Shell recorded on 1972-01-08
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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.219366
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10118099,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.219366"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Kerslake, J  
Collector W.F.& J.M.Ponder
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment Beach
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Beach]
Date identified 1980

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10043123
Occurrence date 1972-01-08
Supplied date "1972-01-08/1972-01-08"
Sampling protocol Beach  
End day of year 8
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 8

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mactra (Mactra) pura
Supplied scientific name "Mactra pura Reeve, 1854"
Identified to rank species
Common name Pure Trough Shell
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Family Mactridae
Genus Mactra
Species Mactra pura
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Mactra pura Reeve, 1854
Scientific name authorship Reeve, 1854
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Reeve, 1854

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -29.266666
Supplied as: "-29.266666"
Longitude 114.9
Supplied as: "114.9"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Port Denison, 40ml S of Geraldton
Location remarks [MAL# 852 C] Australia, Western Australia, Port Denison, 40ml S of Geraldton (29° 16' 00" S, 114° 54' 00" E) 08/01/1972 - 08/01/1972, W.F.& J.M.Ponder(Collector), Beach
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 29° 16' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 114° 54' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Direction Bank
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Central West Coast
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Southwest Shelf Transition
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Agricultural
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Agricultural Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Agricultural Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Agricultural Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Central West Coast
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Yamatji Nation Agreement
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Geraldton
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF IRWIN

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 169.0 frequency
    Species Richness 109.0 frequency