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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.615215

Preserved specimen of Nucula (Nucula) pusilla Angas, 1877 | Hedley's Nut Shell recorded on 1987-12-06
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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.615215
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10508653,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.615215"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Loch, Mr Ian W - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector I.W. Loch
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2025-07-03

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10057816
Occurrence date 1987-12-06
Supplied date "1987-12-06/1987-12-06"
End day of year 340
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 340

Taxonomy

Scientific name Nucula (Nucula) pusilla
Supplied scientific name "Nucula pusilla Angas, 1877"
Identified to rank species
Common name Hedley's Nut Shell
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Nuculida
Family Nuculidae
Genus Nucula
Species Nucula pusilla
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Nucula pusilla Angas, 1877
Scientific name authorship Angas, 1877
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Angas, 1877

Geospatial

Country Australia
Latitude -29.46139
Supplied as: "-29.46139"
Longitude 159.09
Supplied as: "159.09"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Middleton Reef, N side
Water body Tasman Sea
Location remarks [MAL# 3226 C] Tasman Sea, Australia, Middleton Reef, N side (29° 27' 41" S, 159° 05' 24" E) 06/12/1987 - 06/12/1987, Loch, Mr I W(Collector), Elizabeth/Middleton Survey
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 29° 27' 41" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 159° 05' 24" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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