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Occurrence record: MO:S55989

Preserved specimen of Chama pacifica Broderip, 1834 | Large Pacific Chama
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Mollusc Collection
Supplied collection code "MO"
Catalog number S55989
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:55989
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Slack-Smith, S.  
Supplied as "Slack-Smith, S."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID WAM Christmas Island Expedition 1987
Occurrence date Year: 1987, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1987 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Chama pacifica
Identified to rank species
Common name Large Pacific Chama
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Supplied as "Veneroida"
Family Chamidae
Genus Chama
Species Chama pacifica
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Broderip, 1834
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
Latitude -10.4976
Supplied as: "-10.4976"
Longitude 105.5448
Supplied as: "105.5448"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 9
Min elevation -3
Max elevation -21
Island Christmas Island
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to Report
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 10°29.86`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 105°32.69`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Christmas Island
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Christmas Island
    NRM Regions 2010 Christmas Island
    NRM Regions 2017 Christmas Island
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Christmas Island Province
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND
    World Country Boundaries Christmas Island

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 75.0 %