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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.131705

Preserved specimen of Melaxinaea vitrea (Lamarck, 1819) | Granulated Dog Cockle recorded on 1973-04-19
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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.131705
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10417898","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.131705"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.131705
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Loch, Mr I. W.  
Collector Tevesz, M.
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 2002-04
Supplied as 2002-4
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 14/Apr/2004";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10050481
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 14/Apr/2004";
Occurrence date 1973-04-19
End day of year 109
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 109

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melaxinaea vitrea
Supplied scientific name "Melaxinaea vitrea (Lamarck, 1819)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Granulated Dog Cockle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Arcida
Family Glycymerididae
Genus Melaxinaea
Species Melaxinaea vitrea
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Melaxinaea vitrea (Lamarck, 1819)
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1819)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Lamarck, 1819)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -18.75
Supplied as: "-18.75"
Longitude 147.383
Supplied as: "147.383"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality GBR, 6-7ml E of Keeper Reef, off Townsville
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 993 C] Australia, Queensland, GBR, 6-7ml E of Keeper Reef, off Townsville (18° 45' 00" S, 147° 23' 00" E) 19/04/1973 - 19/04/1973, Tevesz, M(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 18° 45' 0" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 147° 23' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2020/6/30
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/6/30
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 12ae32f7-6ebd-4130-9908-b404093e3c6d
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melaxinaea vitrea (Lamarck, 1819)
    Coordinates -18.75,147.383
    Related records
    Record UUID c09894b6-a38e-48b1-8e4f-5958b08de009
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melaxinaea vitrea (Lamarck, 1819)
    Coordinates -18.75,147.383

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Central & North GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Central Reef
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northeast Shelf Province
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Central Reef
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Queensland Region
    Marine
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 HINCHINBROOK SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TOWNSVILLE

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 130.0 frequency
    Species Richness 103.0 frequency