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Occurrence record: MO:S13675

Preserved specimen of Bactronophorus thoracites Gould, 1856 | Stilt Palleted Shipworm
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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 S13675
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:13675
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Special Alcohol 75% (Ethanol 93% & Methanol 7%)
Identified by Brearley, A.  
Collector Brearley, A., Chalermwat, K. & Kakhai, N
Individual count 25
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Hand]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 2002-01-01

Event

Event ID Woodside Dampier Expedition IV 2000 (IMB Workshop XI)
Occurrence date Year: 2000, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:2000 
Sampling protocol Hand  
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Bactronophorus thoracites
Identified to rank species
Common name Stilt Palleted Shipworm
Supplied common name "Ship worms"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Myida
Supplied as "Myoida"
Family Teredinidae
Genus Bactronophorus
Species Bactronophorus thoracites
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Gould, 1856
Supplied as (Gould, 1856)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat Marine
Latitude -20.6166
Supplied as: "-20.6166"
Longitude 116.8
Supplied as: "116.8000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality DA4/00/CC
Island group Dampier Archipelago
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to Label
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 20°37`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 116°48`E

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 01d7e392-caab-418e-aa1d-a088fad1a5f8
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -20.6166,116.8
    Related records
    Record UUID a5cfe152-6d10-46f6-9c82-d9721331a2b1
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -20.6166,116.8

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Murujuga
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Murujuga
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Murujuga
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Pilbara
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Roebourne
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Pilbara
    IBRA 7 Regions Pilbara
    IBRA 7 Subregions Roebourne
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Pilbara-Gascoyne
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Pilbara-Gascoyne
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 PORT HEDLAND COAST
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Roebourne - Wickham
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Dampier
    Indigenous Regions 2021 South Hedland
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Pilbara
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Pilbara
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Durack
    Electorates March 2025 Durack
    Local Government Areas 2011 Roebourne (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Roebourne
    Local Government Areas 2023 Karratha
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF KARRATHA
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Ngarluma/Yindjibarndi
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 367
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1197
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ROEBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST PILBARA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (NORTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ROEBOURNE - WICKHAM
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) DAMPIER
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH HEDLAND
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PILBARA, MP
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Roebourne
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of WA
    Postal Areas 2021 6714
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Western Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Roebourne
    Statistical Areas Level 3 West Pilbara
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Western Australia - Outback (North)
    Tourism Regions 2021 Australia's North West
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Hummock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Acacia (+/- low) open woodlands and sparse shrublands with hummock grass
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Hummock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Hummock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 810.0 frequency
    Species Richness 321.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 251.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 48.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 99.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 138.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 143.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 23.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 23.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.29
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 261.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 57.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 0.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 2.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 86.707535 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 136.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 63.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 136.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.345833 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 23.199999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 13.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 20.666666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 12.308333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 26.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 53.05316 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 424.89282
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 36.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 30.983334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 30.983334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.08
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.15
    Elevation 47.0 m