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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.572123

Preserved specimen of Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) | Blacklip Pearl Oyster recorded on 2017-08-27
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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.572123
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2552369,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.572123"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Loch, Mr Ian - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector S. Hannam & S. Keable
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment hand
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [hand]
Date identified 2021-05-12

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1243928
Occurrence date 2017-08-27
Supplied date "2017-08-27/2017-08-27"
Sampling protocol hand  
End day of year 239
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 239

Taxonomy

Scientific name Pinctada margaritifera
Supplied scientific name "Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Blacklip Pearl Oyster
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Ostreida
Family Pteriidae
Genus Pinctada
Species Pinctada margaritifera
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geospatial

Country Tonga
Latitude -23.625834
Supplied as: "-23.625834"
Longitude -178.93556
Supplied as: "-178.93556"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Teleki Tokelau [North Minerva Reef], inside lagoon at back reef
Location remarks [SWP2017-121] Tonga, Teleki Tokelau [North Minerva Reef], inside lagoon at back reef (23° 37' 33" S, 178° 56' 08" W) 27/08/2017 - 27/08/2017, Hannam, Ms Severine - Auckland War Memorial Museum - Marine Invertebrates(Collector), Keable, S(Collector), hand, Field Collected -
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 23° 37' 33" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code TO
Verbatim longitude 178° 56' 08" W

Additional properties

geodedic datum WGS84
verbatim uncertainty 10m-100m

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    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 325.0 frequency
    Species Richness 180.0 frequency