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Occurrence record: Molluscs:MO82215

Preserved specimen of Contradusta walkeri (Sowerby, 1832) | Walker's Cowrie recorded on 1990-12-11
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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 MO82215
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Molluscs:MO82215
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Dry
Identified by T Carless  
Identification qualifier cf
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Dredge]
Date identified 1990-12-11
Supplied as 11 Dec 1990

Event

Occurrence date 1990-12-11
Sampling protocol Dredge  
Verbatim event date 11 Dec 1990
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Contradusta walkeri
Identified to rank species
Common name Walker's Cowrie
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Hypsogastropoda
Supplied as "Littorinimorpha"
Family Cypraeidae
Genus Contradusta
Species Contradusta walkeri
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Sowerby, 1832)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
Locality Gulf of Carpentaria, north Queensland
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -15.9820257
Supplied as: "-15.983333"
Longitude 138.7009702
Supplied as: "138.7"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD84"
Water body Gulf of Carpentaria
Minimum depth in metres 25
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 15° 59' South
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138° 42' East

Additional properties

object id 262924

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Arafura Sea Gulf of Carpenteria
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Gulf of Carpentaria
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Gulf of Carpentaria
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Wellesley
    Marine
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Gulf of Carpentaria Marine Park
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone