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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.196913

Preserved specimen of Saccella crassa (Hinds, 1843) | Heavy Nut Shell recorded on 1939-02-10
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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.196913
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10107974,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.196913"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Loch, Mr Ian W - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector L. Parkes
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 2025-05-15

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1379702
Occurrence date 1939-02-10
Supplied date "1939-02-10/1939-02-10"
End day of year 41
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 41

Taxonomy

Scientific name Saccella crassa
Supplied scientific name "Saccella crassa (Hinds, 1843)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Heavy Nut Shell
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Nuculanida
Family Nuculanidae
Genus Saccella
Species Saccella crassa
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Saccella crassa (Hinds, 1843)
Scientific name authorship (Hinds, 1843)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Hinds, 1843)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -42.133335
Supplied as: "-42.133335"
Longitude 148.06667
Supplied as: "148.06667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Swansea
Location remarks [MAL#137359] Australia, Tasmania, Swansea (42° 08' 00" S, 148° 04' 00" E) 10/02/1939 - 10/02/1939, Parkes, L(Author)
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 42° 08' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 148° 04' 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 1f7362e7-e553-4439-85d0-dbc961d5d84d
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Saccella crassa (Hinds, 1843)
    Coordinates -42.133335,148.06667
    Related records
    Record UUID 456d9520-7efa-48d4-adea-becde7c567fd
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Saccella crassa (Hinds, 1843)
    Coordinates -42.133335,148.06667

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian South East
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) South East
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EAST COAST
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Tasmania - South-East Coast
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Glamorgan - Spring Day
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tasmania
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lyons
    Electorates March 2025 Lyons
    Local Government Areas 2011 Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Glamorgan-Spring Bay
    Local Government Areas 2023 Glamorgan-Spring Bay
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GLAMORGAN-SPRING BAY COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 931
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TRIABUNNA - BICHENO
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - SOUTH-EAST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GLAMORGAN - SPRING DAY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PROSSER
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Lyons (Prosser)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Triabunna - Bicheno
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Postal Areas 2021 7190
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Triabunna - Bicheno
    Statistical Areas Level 3 South East Coast
    Statistical Areas Level 4 South East
    Tourism Regions 2021 East Coast
    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 Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tussock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 7005.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1230.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 576.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 130.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 123.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 149.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 178.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 46.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 9.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.06
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 15.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 577.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 129.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 36.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 122.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 20.893955 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 166.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 72.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 187.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.875 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 19.400002 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.75 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 10.366667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 9.383333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 53.436424 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 326.40256
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 22.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 16.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 15.716666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 54.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.6
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.86
    Elevation 1.0 m