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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.614993

Preserved specimen of Saccella crassa (Hinds, 1843) | Heavy Nut Shell
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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.614993
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:3196060,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.614993"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Loch, Mr Ian W - Australian Museum - Malacology  
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2025-06-16

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Saccella crassa
Supplied scientific name "Saccella crassa (Hinds, 1843)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Heavy Nut Shell
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Nuculanida
Family Nuculanidae
Genus Saccella
Species Saccella crassa
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Saccella crassa (Hinds, 1843)
Scientific name authorship (Hinds, 1843)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Hinds, 1843)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -35.446667
Supplied as: "-35.446667"
Longitude 138.30833
Supplied as: "138.30833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Location remarks [MAL# 19266 B] Australia, South Australia, Normanville, S of Adelaide (35° 26' 48" S, 138° 18' 30" E) 1970 - 1970
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35° 26' 48" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138° 18' 30" E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Kanmantoo
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Fleurieu
    NRM Regions 2010 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    NRM Regions 2017 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Hills and Fleurieu
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Kanmantoo
    IBRA 7 Regions Kanmantoo
    IBRA 7 Subregions Fleurieu
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FLEURIEU PENINSULA
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Fleurieu - Kangaroo Island
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Fleurieu - Kangaroo Island
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Adelaide
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Greater South Australia
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Mayo
    Electorates March 2025 Mayo
    Local Government Areas 2011 Yankalilla (DC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Yankalilla
    Local Government Areas 2023 Yankalilla
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 THE DC OF YANKALILLA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 28
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 717
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) YANKALILLA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MAYO
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ADELAIDE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Mawson
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Yankalilla
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of SA
    Postal Areas 2021 5204
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 South Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Yankalilla
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Fleurieu - Kangaroo Island
    Statistical Areas Level 4 South Australia - South East
    Tourism Regions 2021 Fleurieu Peninsula
    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

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 10765.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1774.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 544.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 238.66667 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 52.333332 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 55.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 52.333332 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 20.666666 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 240.16667 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.066668 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 43.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.866667 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.05 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.7166667 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.816667 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.1266667
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.75 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.05 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.833333 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.49166667
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.9583333