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Occurrence record: MO:S54580

Preserved specimen of Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) | Blacklip Pearl Oyster
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Mollusc Collection
Supplied collection code "MO"
Catalog number S54580
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:54580
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector 1.  Wells   2.  , F.   3.  Bryce   4.  , C.  
Supplied as "Wells, F. & Bryce, C."
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Event ID WAM Ashmore Reef & Cartier Island Survey 1986
Occurrence date Year: 1986, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1986 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Pinctada margaritifera
Identified to rank species
Common name Blacklip Pearl Oyster
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Ostreida
Family Pteriidae
Supplied as "Margaritidae"
Genus Pinctada
Species Pinctada margaritifera
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -12.1666
Supplied as: "-12.1666"
Longitude 122.9667
Supplied as: "122.9667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 8
Min elevation -6
Max elevation -8
Island group Ashmore Reef
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to Egaz
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12°10`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 122°58`E

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 6aafc551-1643-44a0-b156-13bdee94b3c0
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -12.1666,122.9667
    Related records
    Record UUID f7a3088b-ca1b-4f98-a917-bd49bb7cd867
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -12.1666,122.9667

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ashmore Reef
    NRM Regions 2010 Ashmore and Cartier Islands
    NRM Regions 2017 Ashmore and Cartier Islands
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    IMCRA 4 Regions Timor Province