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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.233797

Preserved specimen of Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758 | Tiger Cowry recorded on 1970-05
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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.233797
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10132526","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.233797"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.233797
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by I.Loch  
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2011-09
Supplied as 2011-9
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10007011
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1970, Month: 5, Day:
Supplied date "1970-05"
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Cypraea tigris
Supplied scientific name "Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758"
Identified to rank species
Common name Tiger Cowry
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Hypsogastropoda
Family Cypraeidae
Genus Cypraea
Species Cypraea tigris
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758
Scientific name authorship Linnaeus, 1758
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Linnaeus, 1758

Geospatial

Country unknown or invalid
Supplied as "NEW GUINEA"
Latitude -5.633
Supplied as: "-5.633"
Longitude 147.916
Supplied as: "147.916"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Siassi Group, Umboi (Rooke) Is
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 14293 B] NEW GUINEA, Siassi Group, Umboi (Rooke) Is (5° 38' 00" S, 147° 55' 00" E) /05/1970 - /05/1970, Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 5° 38' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code ZZ
Verbatim longitude 147° 55' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/3/5
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/3/5
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Political
    World Country Boundaries Papua New Guinea

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.654167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 83.0 %