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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F296409

Preserved specimen of Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Knife Finger Oyster recorded on 1983-02-27
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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 F296409
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F296409
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Shell|Dry|dry
Collector Chung Chen Lu
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [Dredge]

Event

Occurrence date 1983-02-27
Supplied date "1983-02-27T00:00:00\1983-02-27T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol Dredge  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Conchifera | Bivalvia | Heterodonta | Veneroida | Solenoidea | Pharidae
Scientific name Ensiculus cultellus
Supplied scientific name "Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Knife Finger Oyster
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Adapedonta
Supplied as "Veneroida"
Family Pharidae
Genus Ensiculus
Species Ensiculus cultellus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Queensland
Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Off Northern Queensland
Latitude -12.1542
Supplied as: "-12.1542"
Longitude 143.15
Supplied as: "143.15"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Off Northern Queensland
Minimum depth in metres 15
Maximum depth in metres 15
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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