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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.396513

Preserved specimen of Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) | Southern Mussel recorded on 1975-08-18
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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.396513
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10357315","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.396513"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.396513
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "5% formalin";
Identified by Shea, Mr Michael  
Identified date 2001
Collector Murray, C.  
Supplied as "Murray, C."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2001
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: holly 18/Apr/2001";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10031542
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: holly 18/Apr/2001";
Occurrence date 1975-08-18
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 New South Wales
Latitude -30.3125
Supplied as: "-30.3125"
Longitude 149.29333
Supplied as: "149.29333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Brigalow Creek, 50m W of road bridge on Wee Waa - Pilliga Rd
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 51378 B] Australia, New South Wales, Brigalow Creek, 50m W of road bridge on Wee Waa - Pilliga Rd (30° 18' 45" S, 149° 17' 36" E) 18/08/1975 - 18/08/1975, Murray, C(Collector), Accession";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 30° 18' 45" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 149° 17' 36" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2019/12/12
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/12/12
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Namoi
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NSW
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NSW
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Brigalow Belt South
    IBRA 7 Regions Brigalow Belt South
    IBRA 7 Subregions Pilliga Outwash
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Narrabri (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Narrabri
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 NARRABRI SHIRE COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions North West
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1595
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) NARRABRI REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MOREE - NARRABRI
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NEW ENGLAND AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) PARKES
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) NARRABRI
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) NARRABRI - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NORTH-EASTERN NSW
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARWON
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 608.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 120.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 108.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 212.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 215.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 30.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 31.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.03
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 19.0875 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.33
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.56
    Elevation 179.0 m