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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.452176

Preserved specimen of Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Knife Finger Oyster recorded on 1938
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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.452176
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10450525","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.452176"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.452176
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Kerslake, J  
Identified date 1980
Collector Ward, Mel  
Supplied as "Ward, Mel"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1980
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 08/Feb/2006";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10018791
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 08/Feb/2006";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1938, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1938"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ensiculus cultellus
Supplied scientific name "Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Knife Finger Oyster
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Adapedonta
Family Pharidae
Genus Ensiculus
Species Ensiculus cultellus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Latitude -12.116
Supplied as: "-12.116"
Longitude 136.816
Supplied as: "136.816"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Bremer Is, near Cape Arnhem
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 65313] Australia, Northern Territory, Bremer Is, near Cape Arnhem (12° 07' 00" S, 136° 49' 00" E) 1938 - 1938, Ward, Mel(Collector), Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12° 7' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 136° 49' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/3/4
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/3/4
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Dhimurru
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Dhimurru
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Arnhem Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions Arnhem Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Nhulunbuy
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BUCKINGHAM RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Indigenous Protected Areas 2013 Dhimurru
    Local Government Areas 2011 East Arnhem (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated East Arnhem - Bal
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 EAST ARNHEM REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 412
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 693
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) EAST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) EAST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) NHULUNBUY - GUNYANGARA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) NHULUNBUY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NHULUNBUY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NHULUNBUY
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Rainforest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Rainforests and Vine Thickets
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Dry rainforest or vine thickets
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1389.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 102.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 512.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 70.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 834.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 19.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.58 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.54
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.195833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 60.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 5.0 m