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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.86593

Preserved specimen of Murex (Murex) pecten pecten Lightfoot, 1786 | The Thin-spine Murex recorded on 1970
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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.86593
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10435456","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.86593"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.86593
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Ponder, W. F.  
Specimen type cited: Murex pecten pecten Lightfoot, 1786 : Muricidae : : Gastropoda : Mollusca;cited: Murex pecten Lightfoot, 1786 pecten : Muricidae : : Gastropoda : Mollusca
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1988
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 18/Apr/2005";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10000415
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 18/Apr/2005";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1970, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1970"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Murex (Murex) pecten pecten
Supplied scientific name "Murex pecten pecten Lightfoot, 1786"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name The Thin-spine Murex
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Hypsogastropoda
Family Muricidae
Genus Murex
Species Murex pecten
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Murex pecten pecten Lightfoot, 1786
Subspecies Murex (Murex) pecten pecten
Scientific name authorship Lightfoot, 1786
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Lightfoot, 1786

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -9.15
Supplied as: "-9.15"
Longitude 143.883
Supplied as: "143.883"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Torres Strait, Bramble Cay
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 63972] Australia, Queensland, Torres Strait, Bramble Cay (9° 09' 00" S, 143° 53' 00" E) 1970 - 1970, Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 9° 9' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 143° 53' 0" E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/11/19
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Torres Strait & far Northern GBR
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TORRES SHIRE
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Torres Strait Regional Sea Claim
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK