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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.96675

Preserved specimen of Gafrarium (Gafrarium) pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758) | Comb Circe recorded on 1959/1959
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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.96675
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10475356,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.96675"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Kerslake, J  
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2022-04-22
Identification remarks WoRMS update

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10008426
Identification remarks WoRMS update
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1959, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1959/1959"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Gafrarium (Gafrarium) pectinatum
Supplied scientific name "Gafrarium pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Comb Circe
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Family Veneridae
Genus Gafrarium
Species Gafrarium pectinatum
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Gafrarium pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -20.3
Supplied as: "-20.3"
Longitude 118.583336
Supplied as: "118.583336"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Port Hedland
Location remarks [MAL# 21663] Australia, Western Australia, Port Hedland (20° 18' 00" S, 118° 35' 00" E) 1959 - 1959, Accession
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 20° 18' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 118° 35' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Pilbara (nearshore)
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northwest Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Pilbara (nearshore)
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements FMG - Kariyarra Land Access ILUA
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Pilbara
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TOWN OF PORT HEDLAND

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 646.0 frequency
    Species Richness 235.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 314.75 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 1.5 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 115.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 206.25 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 207.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 23.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 21.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.349998 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.275 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 12.975 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 26.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5225 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.32
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.6 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.1
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.23