Cypraea tigris
Tiger cowrie
Accession: OMN-MAR-0052
- Family
- Cypraeidae
- Category
- Marine mollusks
- Geographic origin
- Ras al Jinz, Ash Sharqiyah
- Sampling depth
- 1 m
- Collection date
- 2014-10-28
- Holding institution
- University Microbiology Lab (Demo)
Overview
Scientific identity
All values on this page are synthetic demonstration data, generated for this prototype.
Taxonomy
Shell
Glossy, inflated shell with spotted dorsum.
Shell length
8.6 cm (demo measurement)
Live colouration
Mantle plain
Resource network
This record
OMN-MAR-0052
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GIS & sampling
Sampling location & depth
Where this organism was collected, and at what depth in the water column.
Sampling depth explorer
1 m · this record
18.3 m
28 m
11.7 m
18.7 m
- Recorded depth
- 1 m
- Sampling method
- Snorkelling / intertidal collection
Schematic depth scale — no bathymetric profile is claimed. Other columns are recorded depths of the same species (demo).
Environment
Water conditions at sampling
Single set of measurements recorded during the sampling event on 2014-10-28 — not a monitoring series.
Water temperature
24.8 °C
Recorded at sampling · Ras al Jinz, Ash Sharqiyah
Sampling depth 1 m · Snorkelling / intertidal collection
Values are synthetic demonstration measurements with realistic units; no time series exists to chart.
Genomics
Genomic data
DNA barcodes and sequence records linked to this specimen. Sequences are synthetic demonstration output, not real results.
Not yet sequenced
Material is preserved and available for molecular work, but no sequence data is linked to this record yet.
Biobank
Physical sample preservation
Registered material from this specimen and how it is preserved. Exact freezer positions and rack locations are restricted to authorized staff.
Preserved samples
2
−80 °C / LN₂
1
Holding laboratories
2
Available
2
Specimen (shell + tissue in ethanol)
SPC-M-0052
- Preservation
- Ethanol, room temperature
- Quantity
- 3 items
- Preserved
- 2014-10-30
Marine Science Centre — Biobank (Demo)
Frozen tissue for DNA
TIS-M-0052
- Preservation
- −80 °C freezer
- Quantity
- 3 tubes
- Preserved
- 2014-12-13
Marine Science Centre — Wet Lab (Demo)
Sample lifecycle
2014-10-28 · Field sampling — Ras al Jinz, Ash Sharqiyah — collected at 1 m.
2014-10-30 · Registration — Registered at University Microbiology Lab (Demo) as OMN-MAR-0052.
2014-10-30 · Preservation — Material preserved: Ethanol, room temperature · −80 °C freezer.
Sample identifiers, quantities and laboratories are synthetic demonstration values; no storage monitoring history is claimed.
Research
Research & provenance
How this record came to be, and literature linked to it.
Data provenance
Sampling event
Ras al Jinz, 2014-10-28 · 1 m · by M. Al-Balushi
Curated record
University Microbiology Lab (Demo)
Preserved material
2 samples across 2 laboratories (demo)
Research data
None yet
No publications linked
Publications citing this specimen will appear here once they are added by the holding institution.
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