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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F265710

Preserved specimen of Brachidontes erosus (Lamarck, 1819) | Beaked Mussel
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F265710
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F265710
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Shell|Dry
Collector Mitchell, B.L.  
Supplied as "B L. Mitchell"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 8
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1965, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1965 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Conchifera | Bivalvia | Pteriomorphia | Mytiloida | Mytilidae
Scientific name Brachidontes erosus
Identified to rank species
Common name Beaked Mussel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Mytilida
Supplied as "Mytiloida"
Family Mytilidae
Genus Brachidontes
Species Brachidontes erosus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1819)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | South Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality Kangaroo Island
Latitude -35.63
Supplied as: "-35.63"
Longitude 137.63
Supplied as: "137.63"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Kangaroo Island
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol estimated
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Encounter
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Encounter
    Directory of Important Wetlands Busby & Beatrice Islets
    NRM Regions 2010 Kangaroo Island
    NRM Regions 2017 Kangaroo Island
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Kangaroo Island
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions St Vincent Gulf
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 477.75 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 215.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 43.75 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 59.5 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 43.75 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 18.75 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 219.5 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.125 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 43.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.775 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.725 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.25 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.025 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.8500004 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.675 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.04
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.95 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.675 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.125 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.445
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.9175