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Cypraea tigris

Tiger cowrie

Accession: OMN-MAR-0086

Family
Cypraeidae
Category
Marine mollusks
Geographic origin
Masirah Island, Ash Sharqiyah
Sampling depth
11.7 m
Collection date
2020-09-03
Holding institution
Marine Science Centre (Demo)

Overview

Scientific identity

All values on this page are synthetic demonstration data, generated for this prototype.

Taxonomy

AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaLittorinimorphaCypraeidaeCypraeaCypraea tigris

Shell

Glossy, inflated shell with spotted dorsum.

Shell length

7.4 cm (demo measurement)

Live colouration

Mantle plain

Resource network

This record

OMN-MAR-0086

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GIS & sampling

Sampling location & depth

Where this organism was collected, and at what depth in the water column.

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Sampling depth explorer

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18.7 m

Recorded depth
11.7 m
Sampling method
SCUBA survey

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 2020-09-03 — not a monitoring series.

Water temperature

24.3 °C

Recorded at sampling · Masirah Island, Ash Sharqiyah

Sampling depth 11.7 m · SCUBA survey

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.

DNA barcodeBOLD:DEMO0086· demonstration barcode identifier, no external database record

Molecular markers

Sequenced (demo)
Marker
Cytochrome c oxidase I (DNA barcode)
Type
Mitochondrial barcode
Sequence ID
OMN-MAR-0086_COI
Length
658 bp

Synthetic demonstration sequence — not a real sequencing result.

Sequence viewer · COI

1TTGTGCTTCTTTTGGCGAAACTGCGTCAGGCGGTCGAGCGGCCAAACCTTGGCGATCCTG
61AACCACACTCGGCTCTGAACCAGAGAGATAGTTACAGAATATTGGCCTACGGATGATGCG
121TAAGGTGTAGATGCGGACCATTTAGATGTGGTATAGTGAGTGGCGATTACGAGCTGTGGT
181TCAGTTTAACAGTACCTGCGTCTTTGACCTGGATGTTGGGACGCATGGTGGCGTTTGGAA
241ATCATCCGAGAATATCCTTATAGTCTGCCCCGGACCATAATACAAGGAGGGCTTAGGGTA
301GGCATTGACCTGGGCCGTGGAAAAGGTGAGTTGAGGCACGAATGATTATCACCGGGCGTA
361CCAAAATAGACCCAACACTGCTTAAGCGAACAAATTTGGCACAGTGGCGAAGAGCGTTGT
421TTGGCACGCCGTTATGCTCGTAACGTCCTGCTTTCGCCGGTAGTTCTGCGCTTCGGGGAG
481AAAGTTGCGTCCCCATTGTCGGTTCTCTCTTCTTCTGATGAATGTTCACGGTCGTACATT
541GGTAGGCCAAGCGGGGGTTCAGTTTTCTTGTGTTTACTCACCAGATTGCAACACGTCAGT
601CTCCGGATTCTGCGCCTGACTGGGGGTCGTATTTCCGCACACAAGTGAACGCGTCGCA

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

1

−80 °C / LN₂

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Holding laboratories

1

Available

1

Available

Specimen (shell + tissue in ethanol)

SPC-M-0086

Preservation
Ethanol, room temperature
Quantity
1 items
Preserved
2020-09-04

National Heritage Collection — Store (Demo)

Sample lifecycle

01 Field sampling02 Registration03 Preservation04 Molecular work

2020-09-03 · Field sampling — Masirah Island, Ash Sharqiyah — collected at 11.7 m.

2020-09-04 · Registration — Registered at Marine Science Centre (Demo) as OMN-MAR-0086.

2020-09-04 · Preservation — Material preserved: Ethanol, room temperature.

2020-09-10 · Molecular work — DNA extraction and barcoding (demo).

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

  1. Sampling event

    Masirah Island, 2020-09-03 · 11.7 m · by M. Al-Balushi

  2. Curated record

    Marine Science Centre (Demo)

  3. Preserved material

    1 sample across 1 laboratories (demo)

  4. Research data

    DNA barcoding (demo)

No publications linked

Publications citing this specimen will appear here once they are added by the holding institution.

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