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Occurrence record: Molluscs:MO43246

Preserved specimen of Hippopus hippopus (Linnaeus, 1758) | The Horse's Hoof recorded on 1991-12-07
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Molluscs
Supplied collection code "Molluscs"
Catalog number MO43246
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Molluscs:MO43246
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Occurrence date 1991-12-07
Verbatim event date 07 Dec 1991
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Hippopus hippopus
Identified to rank species
Common name The Horse's Hoof
Supplied common name "Horse's Hoof Clam"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Supplied as "Venerida"
Family Cardiidae
Genus Hippopus
Species Hippopus hippopus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subfamily Tridacninae
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
Locality Coral Sea, Observatory Cay, Lihou Reef
Latitude -17.1
Supplied as: "-17.1"
Longitude 152.116667
Supplied as: "152.116667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 17° 6' South
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 152° 7' East

Additional properties

object id MO21054

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Coral Sea
    RAMSAR wetland regions Coral Sea Reserves (Coringa-Herald and Lihou Reefs and Cays)
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Province
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Coral Sea Marine Park