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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.95540

Preserved specimen of Mactra (Mactra) alta Deshayes, 1854 recorded on 1938-04
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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.95540
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10458507","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.95540"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.95540
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Kerslake, J.  
Identified date 1980
Collector Ward, Mel  
Supplied as "Ward, Mel"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1980
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 14/Aug/2006";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10018640
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 14/Aug/2006";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1938, Month: 4, Day:
Supplied date "1938-04"
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Latitude -12.0
Supplied as: "-12.0"
Longitude 134.45
Supplied as: "134.45"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Arnhem Land, Boucaut Bay
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 1423 C] Australia, Northern Territory, Arnhem Land, Boucaut Bay (12° 00' 00" S, 134° 27' 00" E) /04/1938 - /04/1938, Ward, Mel(Collector), Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12° 0' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 134° 27' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/12/22
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/12/22
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Arnhem Land
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Arnhem Wessel
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARAFURA