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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.404958

Preserved specimen of Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) | Southern Mussel recorded on 1967-08-25
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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.404958
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10370451","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.404958"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.404958
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "5% formalin";
Identified by Shea, Mr Michael  
Identified date 2001-7
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2001-07
Supplied as 2001-7
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: holly 18/Dec/2001";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10015076
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: holly 18/Dec/2001";
Occurrence date 1967-08-25
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Velesunio ambiguus
Supplied scientific name "Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Mussel
Supplied common name "Balonne Freshwater Mussel"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Unionida
Family Hyriidae
Genus Velesunio
Species Velesunio ambiguus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
Scientific name authorship (Philippi, 1847)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Philippi, 1847)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.13749
Supplied as: "-33.13749"
Longitude 146.28971
Supplied as: "146.28971"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Booberoi Ck, between Lake Cargelligo & Mt. Hope
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 52484] Australia, New South Wales, Booberoi Ck, between Lake Cargelligo & Mt. Hope (33° 08' 15" S, 146° 17' 23" E) 25/08/1967 - 25/08/1967";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 8' 15" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146° 17' 23" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2019/12/12
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/12/12
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Lachlan
    NRM Regions 2017 Western
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Western
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Cobar Peneplain
    IBRA 7 Regions Cobar Peneplain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Lachlan Plains
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cobar (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cobar
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COBAR SHIRE COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Western
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 10
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 637
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) COBAR
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) BOURKE - COBAR - COONAMBLE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR WEST AND ORANA
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) PARKES
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) COBAR - MURRIN BRIDGE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) COBAR
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NORTH-WESTERN NSW
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARWON
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other tussock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tussock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 397.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 102.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 85.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 103.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 109.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 37.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 30.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.05
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 25.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.754166 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 45.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.29
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.56
    Elevation 154.0 m