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Occurrence record: invertebrates:E39179

Preserved specimen of Mactra (Mactra) pura Reeve, 1854 | Pure Trough Shell recorded on 2013-03-18
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "TMAG"
Collection Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "invertebrates"
Catalog number E39179
Occurrence ID TMAG: E39179
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by S.J. Grove  
Collector S.J. Grove
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [By hand]
Dataset name / Survey name [S.J. Grove Tasmanian seashells collection]
Occurrence remarks shore-based record
Date identified 2017-08-14
Supplied as 14/08/2017

Event

Dataset name / Survey name S.J. Grove Tasmanian seashells collection  
Occurrence date 2013-03-18
Supplied date "18/03/2013"
Sampling protocol By hand  
End day of year 77
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 77

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mactra (Mactra) pura
Original name usage Mactra pura
Identified to rank species
Common name Pure Trough Shell
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Supplied as "Venerida"
Family Mactridae
Genus Mactra
Species Mactra pura
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Reeve, 1854
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality King Island: Lavinia Beach: beach nr Lake Martha Lavinia
Latitude -39.649
Supplied as: "-39.649"
Longitude 144.07
Supplied as: "144.07"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Verbatim locality King Island: Lavinia Beach: beach nr Lake Martha Lavinia
Coordinate precision 1.0e-03
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Mactra pura

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Lavinia
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Lavinia
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Lavinia
    CAPAD Terrestrial 2024 Lavinia
    Directory of Important Wetlands Lavinia Nature Reserve
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) King
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) King
    IBRA 7.1 Regions King
    IBRA 7.1 Subegions King
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 North West NRM Region
    Ramsar Wetlands (updated March 2026) Lavinia
    Ramsar Wetlands of Australia 2024 Lavinia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions King
    IBRA 7 Regions King
    IBRA 7 Subregions King
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 KING ISLAND
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Tasmania - West Coast
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Circular Head - King Island
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tasmania
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026) 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 Braddon
    Electorates March 2025 Braddon
    Local Government Areas 2011 King Island (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated King Island
    Local Government Areas 2023 King Island
    Local Government Areas 2025 King Island
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KING ISLAND COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3932
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KING ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BRADDON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CIRCULAR HEAD - KING ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MURCHISON
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Braddon (Murchison)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 King Island
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Postal Areas 2021 7256
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 King Island
    Statistical Areas Level 3 West Coast
    Statistical Areas Level 4 West and North West
    Tourism Regions 2021 North West
    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 Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Freshwater, dams, lakes, lagoons or aquatic plants
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Low closed forests and closed shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Low closed forest and tall closed shrubland

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1650.0 frequency
    Species Richness 537.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 856.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 315.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 119.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 36.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 119.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 317.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 50.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.81
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 939.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 351.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 34.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 124.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 39.60079 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 130.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 133.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 351.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.895833 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 12.800001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 8.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 11.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 6.0583334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 16.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 47.330727 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 241.52412
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 21.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 17.066668 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 11.1 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.74
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0