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Occurrence record: MO:S55294

Preserved specimen of Plicatula (Plicatula) australis Lamarck, 1819
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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 S55294
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:55294
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Slack-Smith, S.  
Collector WA Museum Party  
Supplied as "WA Museum Party"
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID WAM Rowley Shoals Expedition 1982
Occurrence date Year: 1982, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1982 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Plicatula (Plicatula) australis
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Pectinida
Supplied as "Pectinoida"
Family Plicatulidae
Genus Plicatula
Species Plicatula australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Lamarck, 1819
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -17.5833
Supplied as: "-17.5833"
Longitude 118.9333
Supplied as: "118.9333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to Egaz
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 17°35`S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 118°56`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Rowley Shoals
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Rowley Shoals
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Rowley Shoals
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Transition
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF BROOME