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Occurrence record: invertebrates:E51029

Preserved specimen of Austrotriton subdistorta (Lamarck, 1822) | Distorted Rock Whelk recorded on 2014-05-01
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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 E51029
Occurrence ID TMAG: E51029
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by R. de Little  
Collector R. de Little
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [By hand]
Dataset name / Survey name [R. de Little Tasmanian seashells collection]
Occurrence remarks shore-based record
Date identified 2014-05-01
Supplied as 1/05/2014

Event

Dataset name / Survey name R. de Little Tasmanian seashells collection  
Occurrence date 2014-05-01
Supplied date "1/05/2014"
Sampling protocol By hand  
End day of year 121
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 121

Taxonomy

Scientific name Austrotriton subdistorta
Supplied scientific name "Sassia subdistorta"
Original name usage Sassia subdistorta
Identified to rank species
Common name Distorted Rock Whelk
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Hypsogastropoda
Supplied as "Littorinimorpha"
Family Cymatiidae
Genus Austrotriton
Supplied as "Sassia"
Species Austrotriton subdistorta
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1822)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Stanley: Anthony Beach
Latitude -40.8025
Supplied as: "-40.8025"
Longitude 145.16
Supplied as: "145.16"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Verbatim locality Stanley: Anthony Beach (marine coastal)
Coordinate precision 1.0e-04
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Sassia subdistorta

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Boags
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Bass Strait Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Boags
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SMITHTON-BURNIE COAST
    Indigenous
    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
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CIRCULAR HEAD COUNCIL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MURCHISON
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Heathlands
    Vegetation types - present Heathlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 8552.0 frequency
    Species Richness 957.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 980.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 347.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 141.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 33.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 141.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 32.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 347.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 51.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.92
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1065.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 369.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 41.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 150.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 33.534473 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 150.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 135.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 370.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.904167 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 5.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 9.683333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.308333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 16.333334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 51.604557 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 268.18802
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 21.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 16.333334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 9.95 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.79
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0