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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.448956

Preserved specimen of Mactra (Mactra) cordiformis Reeve, 1854 recorded on 1960-10-07
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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.448956
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10444013","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.448956"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.448956
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Lamprell, K.  
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Beach.]
Date identified 1992
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 18/Oct/2005";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10001458
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 18/Oct/2005";
Occurrence date 1960-10-07
Sampling protocol Beach.  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mactra (Mactra) cordiformis
Supplied scientific name "Mactra turgida Gmelin, 1791"
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Family Mactridae
Genus Mactra
Species Mactra cordiformis
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Mactra turgida Gmelin, 1791
Scientific name authorship Reeve, 1854
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Gmelin, 1791

Geospatial

Country Indonesia
State or Territory Papua Province
Latitude -8.93002
Supplied as: "-8.93002"
Longitude 140.04506
Supplied as: "140.04506"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality off Merauke
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 65252] INDONESIA, PAPUA PROVINCE, off Merauke (8° 55' 48" S, 140° 02' 42" E) 07/10/1960 - 07/10/1960, Beach., Accession";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 8° 55' 48.12" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code ID
Verbatim longitude 140° 2' 42.25" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2013/10/4
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2013/10/4
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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