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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.120710

Preserved specimen of Pseudovertagus (Pseudovertagus) aluco (Linnaeus, 1758) | Wandering Cerith recorded on 1944-08-19
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Dataset

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.120710
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10342019,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.120710"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Houbrick, R S  
Collector G.P. Whitley
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1979
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 24/Sep/2000

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10037678
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 24/Sep/2000
Occurrence date 1944-08-19
Supplied date "1944-08-19/1944-08-19"
End day of year 232
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 232

Taxonomy

Scientific name Pseudovertagus (Pseudovertagus) aluco
Supplied scientific name "Pseudovertagus aluco (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Wandering Cerith
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Cerithimorpha
Family Cerithiidae
Genus Pseudovertagus
Species Pseudovertagus aluco
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Pseudovertagus aluco (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -25.75
Supplied as: "-25.75"
Longitude 113.05
Supplied as: "113.05"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Shark Bay, Dirk Hartog Is
Location remarks [MAL# 47067 B] Australia, Western Australia, Shark Bay, Dirk Hartog Is (25° 45' 00" S, 113° 03' 00" E) 19/08/1944 - 19/08/1944, Whitley, G P(Collector)
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 25° 45' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 113° 03' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Dirk Hartog Island
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Dirk Hartog Island
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Dirk Hartog Island
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Yalgoo
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Edel
    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 Yalgoo
    IBRA 7 Regions Yalgoo
    IBRA 7 Subregions Edel
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Pilbara-Gascoyne
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Pilbara-Gascoyne
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 WOORAMEL RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Shark Bay - Coral Bay - Upper Gascoyne
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Shark Bay - Coral Bay - Upper Gascoyne
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Geraldton
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Geraldton
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Islands
    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 Shark Bay (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Shark Bay
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF SHARK BAY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 10
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 239
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) EXMOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GASCOYNE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (SOUTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SHARK BAY - CORAL BAY - UPPER GASCOYNE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) SHARK BAY - CORAL BAY - UPPER GASCOYNE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) GERALDTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MINING AND PASTORAL REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 North West Central (Mining and Pastoral)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Exmouth
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of WA
    Local Government Areas 2023 Shark Bay
    Postal Areas 2021 6537
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Western Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Exmouth
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Gascoyne
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Western Australia - Outback (South)
    Tourism Regions 2021 Australia's Coral Coast
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous co-managed, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Acacia Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Acacia (+/- low) open woodlands and sparse shrublands with hummock grass
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Acacia shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Acacia shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 504.0 frequency
    Species Richness 271.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 246.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 127.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 100.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 156.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 31.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 21.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 12.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 17.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.12
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 25.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 18.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 303.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 178.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 2.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 11.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 98.59537 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 31.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 78.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 194.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 22.083334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 22.099998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 11.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 17.166666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 11.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 24.800001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 49.773758 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 394.16388
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 33.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 26.983334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 18.25 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.16
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.46
    Elevation 42.0 m