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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.125847

Preserved specimen of Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) | Southern Mussel recorded on 1952-09-18
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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.125847
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10340882","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.125847"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.125847
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Shea, Mr. Michael  
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2000-07
Supplied as 2000-7
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: holly 06/Sep/2000";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10012051
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: holly 06/Sep/2000";
Occurrence date 1952-09-18
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Velesunio ambiguus
Supplied scientific name "Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Mussel
Supplied common name "Balonne Freshwater Mussel"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Unionida
Family Hyriidae
Genus Velesunio
Species Velesunio ambiguus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
Scientific name authorship (Philippi, 1847)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Philippi, 1847)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -27.516
Supplied as: "-27.516"
Longitude 153.116
Supplied as: "153.116"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Brisbane, Belmont
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 48757] Australia, Queensland, Brisbane, Belmont (27° 31' 00" S, 153° 07' 00" E) 18/09/1952 - 18/09/1952";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 27° 31' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 7' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2020/6/30
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/6/30
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Pilbara
    IBRA 7 Regions Pilbara
    IBRA 7 Subregions Hamersley
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Pilbara-Gascoyne
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FORTESCUE RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Ashburton (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Ashburton
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF ASHBURTON
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 179
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1082
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ASHBURTON (WA)
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST PILBARA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (NORTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) EXMOUTH - ASHBURTON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) EXMOUTH - ASHBURTON - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH HEDLAND
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MINING AND PASTORAL REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Hummock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Hummock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Hummock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Hummock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 422.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 55.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 101.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 231.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 263.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 23.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 30.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 17.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.82
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 39.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.495832 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.13
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.27
    Elevation 592.0 m