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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.358670

Preserved specimen of Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) | Southern Mussel recorded on 1940-09-15
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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.358670
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10254412","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.358670"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.358670
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Clark, S A  
Identified date 1999
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1999
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: texpress 01/Sep/1999";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10000291
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: texpress 01/Sep/1999";
Occurrence date 1940-09-15
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 -34.07277
Supplied as: "-34.07277"
Longitude 150.69916
Supplied as: "150.69916"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Nepean River, Camden
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 40955] Australia, New South Wales, Nepean River, Camden (34° 04' 22" S, 150° 41' 57" E) 15/09/1940 - 15/09/1940, Accession";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 34° 4' 22" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150° 41' 57" 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 Hawkesbury-Nepean
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Subregions Cumberland
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HAWKESBURY 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 Camden (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Camden
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CAMDEN COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Greater Sydney
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1949
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER SYDNEY
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CAMDEN - ELLIS LANE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CAMDEN
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SYDNEY - OUTER SOUTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) HUME
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAMDEN
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAMDEN
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SYDNEY - WOLLONGONG
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) CAMDEN
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Phylloxera Infection Zone - Sydney, New South Wales Sydney Phylloxera Zone
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 725.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 133.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 125.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 232.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 245.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 34.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 25.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 12.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.5
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 28.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 21.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.954166 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.51
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.68
    Elevation 70.0 m