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Occurrence record: Molluscs:MO46132

Preserved specimen of Pinctada Röding, 1798 | Pearl Oysters recorded on 1993-02-02
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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 MO46132
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Molluscs:MO46132
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes Stn 76

Event

Occurrence date 1993-02-02
Verbatim event date 02 Feb 1993
End day of year 33
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 33

Taxonomy

Scientific name Pinctada
Supplied scientific name "Pinctada fucata"
Identified to rank genus
Supplied as "Species"
Common name Pearl Oysters
Supplied common name "Akoya Pearl Oyster"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Ostreida
Supplied as "Pterioida"
Family Pteriidae
Genus Pinctada
Species Pinctada fucata
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Röding, 1798
Supplied as (Gould, 1850)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Gulf of Carpentaria
Latitude -10.333333
Supplied as: "-10.333333"
Longitude 141.933611
Supplied as: "141.933611"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 9
Field notes Stn 76
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 10° 20' South
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 141° 56' 1" East

Additional properties

object id MO32196

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Torres Strait & far Northern GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Torres Strait Dugong Sanctuary
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Torres Strait Dugong Sanctuary
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Torres Strait Dugong Sanctuary
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Torres Strait Dugong Sanctuary
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Torres Strait
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northeast Shelf Transition
    NRM Regions 2010 Torres Strait
    NRM Regions 2017 Torres Strait
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Torres Strait
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Torres Strait
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Torres Strait
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Torres Strait
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TORRES SHIRE
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Torres Strait Regional Sea Claim
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 73.0 frequency
    Species Richness 58.0 frequency