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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.12905

Preserved specimen of Velesunio moretonicus (Sowerby, 1865) | Shuttleworth's Mussel recorded on 1889
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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.12905
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10409338","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.12905"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.12905
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Smith, Dr B J - Queen Victoria Museum  
Collector A.C.Miller
Specimen type Holotype: Unio legrandi Petterd, 1889 : : : Bivalvia : Mollusca;Holotype: Unio legrandi Petterd, 1889 : Unionidae : : Bivalvia : Mollusca
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1992
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 11/Jul/2000";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10015276
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 11/Jul/2000";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1889, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1889"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Velesunio moretonicus
Supplied scientific name "Velesunio moretonicus (Sowerby, 1865)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Shuttleworth's Mussel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Unionida
Family Hyriidae
Genus Velesunio
Species Velesunio moretonicus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Velesunio moretonicus (Sowerby, 1865)
Scientific name authorship (Sowerby, 1865)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Sowerby, 1865)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -41.783
Supplied as: "-41.783"
Longitude 147.7
Supplied as: "147.7"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality South Esk River
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 16071 B] Australia, Tasmania, South Esk River (41° 47' 00" S, 147° 42' 00" E) 1889 - 1889, Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 41° 47' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 147° 42' 0" E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2017/6/7
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 10km-100km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian Northern Midlands
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Northern Midlands
    NRM Regions 2010 North
    NRM Regions 2017 North NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian Northern Midlands
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian Northern Midlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Northern Midlands
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 TAMAR RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 Northern Midlands (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Northern Midlands - Pt B
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 NORTHERN MIDLANDS 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) 1233
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN MIDLANDS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTH EAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) LAUNCESTON AND NORTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CENTRAL TASMANIA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAMPBELL TOWN
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MCINTYRE
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Northern Midlands
    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 Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 395.0 frequency
    Species Richness 261.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 527.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 140.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 107.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 122.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 158.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 11.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 1.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 6.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.28
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 8.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 610.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 168.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 31.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 126.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 14.849344 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 142.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 62.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 170.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.85 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 21.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 1.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 7.2833333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 11.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 14.816667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 51.86916 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 366.52545
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 23.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 16.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 8.0 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.59
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.9
    Elevation 230.0 m