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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.355254

Preserved specimen of Notocypraea comptoni (Gray, 1847) | Compton's Cowry recorded on 1972-08-24
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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.355254
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10271907","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.355254"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.355254
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Loch, Mr I W  
Identified date 1999
Collector Shelf Benthic Survey  
Supplied as "Shelf Benthic Survey"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1999
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: alisonm 30/Jul/2003";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10050091
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: alisonm 30/Jul/2003";
Occurrence date 1972-08-24
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Notocypraea comptoni
Supplied scientific name "Cypraea (Notocypraea) comptonii Gray, 1847"
Identified to rank species
Common name Compton's Cowry
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Hypsogastropoda
Family Cypraeidae
Genus Notocypraea
Supplied as "Cypraea"
Species Notocypraea comptoni
Name match metric fuzzyMatch
Accepted name Cypraea (Notocypraea) comptonii Gray, 1847
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1847)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Gray, 1847

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.75
Supplied as: "-33.75"
Longitude 151.316
Supplied as: "151.316"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Sydney N, Collaroy, off Long Reef
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 27259] Australia, New South Wales, Sydney N, Collaroy, off Long Reef (33° 45' 00" S, 151° 19' 00" E) 24/08/1972 - 24/08/1972, Shelf Benthic Survey(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 45' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 19' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/3/5
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/3/5
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Sydney Metro
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Hawkesbury Shelf
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)