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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.58189

Preserved specimen of Meropesta nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791) | Radiately-ridged Trough Shell recorded on 1932-10-26
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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.58189
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10457470","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.58189"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.58189
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Kerslake, J.  
Collector Ward, Mel  
Supplied as "Ward, Mel"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1980
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 13/Jul/2006";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10018691
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 13/Jul/2006";
Occurrence date 1932-10-26
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meropesta nicobarica
Supplied scientific name "Meropesta nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Radiately-ridged Trough Shell
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Family Mactridae
Genus Meropesta
Species Meropesta nicobarica
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Meropesta nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791)
Scientific name authorship (Gmelin, 1791)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Gmelin, 1791)

Geospatial

Country unknown or invalid
Supplied as "NEW GUINEA"
Latitude -9.516
Supplied as: "-9.516"
Longitude 147.05
Supplied as: "147.05"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality PAPUA:Daugo (Fisherman) Is, near Port Moresby
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 47375] NEW GUINEA, PAPUA:Daugo (Fisherman) Is, near Port Moresby (9° 31' 00" S, 147° 03' 00" E) 26/10/1932 - 26/10/1932, Ward, Mel(Collector), Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 9° 31' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code ZZ
Verbatim longitude 147° 3' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/9/2
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/9/2
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    World Country Boundaries Papua New Guinea