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Occurrence record: Mollusc:P063774

Preserved specimen of Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758) | Purple Mouthed Cowry recorded on 1982-03-19
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Malacology Collection
Supplied collection code "Mollusc"
Catalog number P063774
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Mollusc:P063774
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal
Identified by R.C. Willan  
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 1982

Event

Occurrence date 1982-03-19
Supplied as year:1982  month:3  day:19 
End day of year 78
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 78

Taxonomy

Scientific name Lyncina carneola
Identified to rank species
Common name Purple Mouthed Cowry
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Hypsogastropoda
Family Cypraeidae
Genus Lyncina
Species Lyncina carneola
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality NW. side of Pelorous Island, Palm Isles Group, Halifax Bay, north of Townsville, northern Queensland, Australia.
Latitude -18.55
Supplied as: "-18.55"
Longitude 146.5
Supplied as: "146.5"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Central & North GBR
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Wet Tropics
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Herbert
    NRM Regions 2010 Burdekin
    NRM Regions 2017 Burdekin
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Burdekin
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Herbert
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HERBERT RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Hinchinbrook (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Hinchinbrook
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 HINCHINBROOK SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 38
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 660
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) INGHAM REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CHARTERS TOWERS - AYR - INGHAM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) HERBERT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) INGHAM - HINCHINBROOK
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) HINCHINBROOK
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Hinchinbrook
    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 Rainforests and Vine Thickets
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Tropical or sub-tropical rainforest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1631.0 frequency
    Species Richness 477.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2170.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 154.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 130.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 87.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1155.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 133.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1237.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 16.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.91
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.6 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.79
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 63.0 m