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Occurrence record: Mollusc:P041171

Preserved specimen of Musculus (Modiolarca) cumingianus (Reeve, 1857) | Three-area Mussel recorded on 1986-08-07
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Malacology Collection
Supplied collection code "Mollusc"
Catalog number P041171
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Mollusc:P041171
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal
Identified by R.C. Willan  
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 2003

Event

Occurrence date 1986-08-07
Supplied as year:1986  month:8  day:7 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Musculus (Modiolarca) cumingianus
Supplied scientific name "Musculus cumingianus"
Identified to rank species
Common name Three-area Mussel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Mytilida
Family Mytilidae
Genus Musculus
Species Musculus cumingianus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Reeve, 1857)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Locality Table Head, mid-eastern coast of Port Essington, Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory, Australia.
Latitude -11.24667
Supplied as: "-11.24667"
Longitude 132.08333
Supplied as: "132.08333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Garig Gunak Barlu
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Garig Gunak Barlu
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tiwi Cobourg
    IBRA 7 Regions Tiwi Cobourg
    IBRA 7 Subregions Cobourg
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EAST ALLIGATOR RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Local Government Areas 2011 West Arnhem (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated West Arnhem
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WEST ARNHEM REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 1746
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1963
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) DALY - TIWI - WEST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) NORTH-WEST ARNHEM
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) COBOURG PENINSULA - DEMED HOMELANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) JABIRU - TIWI
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARAFURA
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous managed, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Tropical Eucalypt Woodlands/Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Tropical Eucalyptus forest and woodlands with a tall annual grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1331.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 110.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 438.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 76.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 874.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 11.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 12.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 20.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.58 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.48
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.6 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 62.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.5
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 1.0 m