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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.462312

Preserved specimen of Modiolus philippinarum (Hanley, 1844) | Philippine Horse Mussel recorded on 1969-10-28
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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.462312
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1264546","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.462312"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.462312
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Kerslake, J.  
Collector Colman, P.H.  
Supplied as "Colman, P. H."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1980
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "good";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10017788
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "good";
Occurrence date 1969-10-28
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Modiolus philippinarum
Supplied scientific name "Modiolus philippinarum (Hanley, 1844)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Philippine Horse Mussel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Mytilida
Family Mytilidae
Genus Modiolus
Species Modiolus philippinarum
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Modiolus philippinarum (Hanley, 1844)
Scientific name authorship (Hanley, 1844)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Hanley, 1844)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Latitude -11.216
Supplied as: "-11.216"
Longitude 132.183
Supplied as: "132.183"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Port Essington, Berkeley Bay, Caiman (Cayman) Creek
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 37 C] Australia, Northern Territory, Port Essington, Berkeley Bay, Caiman (Cayman) Creek (11° 13' 00" S, 132° 11' 00" E) 28/10/1969 - 28/10/1969, Colman, P. H.(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 11° 13' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 132° 11' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2013/10/10
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2013/10/10
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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