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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F290666

Preserved specimen of Ctenocardia (Ctenocardia) virgo (Reeve, 1845) | The Virgin Cockle recorded on 1983-01-19
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F290666
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F290666
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|dry
Collector Wilson, R. Barry  
Supplied as "Barry R. Wilson"
Individual count 2
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [dredge]

Event

Occurrence date 1983-01-19
Supplied date "1983-01-19T00:00:00\1983-01-19T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol dredge  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Conchifera | Bivalvia | Heterodonta | Veneroida | Cardioidea | Cardiidae | Fraginae
Scientific name Ctenocardia (Ctenocardia) virgo
Supplied scientific name "Ctenocardia (Ctenocardia) virgo (Reeve, 1845)"
Identified to rank species
Common name The Virgin Cockle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Supplied as "Veneroida"
Family Cardiidae
Genus Ctenocardia
Species Ctenocardia virgo
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Reeve, 1845)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Subgenus Ctenocardia
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Queensland
Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality James Cook Uni. Stn. 7B, off Townsville
Latitude -18.72
Supplied as: "-18.72"
Longitude 146.97
Supplied as: "146.97"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality James Cook Uni. Stn. 7B, off Townsville
Minimum depth in metres 40
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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