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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.434381

Preserved specimen of Melaxinaea vitrea (Lamarck, 1819) | Granulated Dog Cockle recorded on 1963-12-07
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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.434381
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10418011,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.434381"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Lamprell, K  
Collector D.F.McMichael & Party
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 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 1992
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 15/Apr/2004

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10052996
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 15/Apr/2004
Occurrence date 1963-12-07
Supplied date "1963-12-07/1963-12-09"
End day of year 343
Date precision DAY_RANGE
Start day of year 341
Event date end 1963-12-09

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melaxinaea vitrea
Supplied scientific name "Melaxinaea vitrea (Lamarck, 1819)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Granulated Dog Cockle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Arcida
Family Glycymerididae
Genus Melaxinaea
Species Melaxinaea vitrea
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Melaxinaea vitrea (Lamarck, 1819)
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1819)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Lamarck, 1819)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -17.1
Supplied as: "-17.1"
Longitude 139.61667
Supplied as: "139.61667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Gulf of Carpentaria, S of Sweers Is
Location remarks [MAL# 5593 B] Australia, Queensland, Gulf of Carpentaria, S of Sweers Is (17° 06' 00" S, 139° 37' 00" E) 07/12/1963 - 09/12/1963, D.F.McMichael & Party(Collector), Dredged.
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 17° 06' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 139° 37' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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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 1979e1ea-5e1a-4464-8ed8-70c976235034
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melaxinaea vitrea (Lamarck, 1819)
    Coordinates -17.1,139.61667
    Related records
    Record UUID cc79ce62-aff4-45c8-9f3a-4deb80a4bbc7
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melaxinaea vitrea (Lamarck, 1819)
    Coordinates -17.1,139.61667

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Thuwathu/Bujimulla
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Thuwathu/Bujimulla
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Thuwathu/Bujimulla
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Gulf Plains
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Wellesley Islands
    NRM Regions 2010 Southern Gulf
    NRM Regions 2017 Southern Gulf
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Southern Gulf
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Southern Gulf
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Gulf Plains
    IBRA 7 Regions Gulf Plains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Wellesley Islands
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MORNINGTON ISLAND
    Indigenous
    2025 Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Thuwathu/Walalu
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Carpentaria - Burke - Mornington
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Mornington
    Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Thuwathu/Bujimulla
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Mount Isa
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Carpentaria Gulf Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Kennedy
    Electorates March 2025 Kennedy
    Local Government Areas 2011 Mornington (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Mornington
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MORNINGTON SHIRE
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Lardil, Yangkaal, Gangalidda & Kaiadilt Peoples
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 163
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3233
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CARPENTARIA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CARPENTARIA - BURKE - MORNINGTON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MORNINGTON
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MOUNT ISA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TRAEGER
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Traeger
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Carpentaria
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Local Government Areas 2023 Mornington
    Postal Areas 2021 4809
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Carpentaria
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Outback - North
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Queensland - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Tropical North Queensland
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Tussock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other tussock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Other forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Other forests and woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 459.0 frequency
    Species Richness 253.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 944.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 128.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 491.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 66.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 711.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 16.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 16.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 22.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.05
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1076.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 16.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 2.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 13.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 132.46179 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 545.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 320.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 802.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.2125 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 16.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 21.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.108333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 22.533333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 43.60941 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 325.0393
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 33.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 29.316666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 28.8 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.36
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.98