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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.125880

Preserved specimen of Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) | Southern Mussel recorded on 1952-10-13
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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.125880
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10331232","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.125880"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.125880
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Griffiths, O.  
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: holly 29/Feb/2000";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10002389
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: holly 29/Feb/2000";
Occurrence date 1952-10-13
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 -25.9
Supplied as: "-25.9"
Longitude 144.616
Supplied as: "144.616"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Approx 1.5ml SE of Adavale, Blackwater Ck
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 46888] Australia, Queensland, Approx 1.5ml SE of Adavale, Blackwater Ck (25° 54' 00" S, 144° 37' 00" E) 13/10/1952 - 13/10/1952";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 25° 54' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144° 37' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2020/7/30
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/7/30
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South West Queensland
    NRM Regions 2017 South West Queensland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South West Queensland
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Mulga Lands
    IBRA 7 Regions Mulga Lands
    IBRA 7 Subregions West Warrego
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Lake Eyre Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 COOPER CREEK-BULLOO 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 Quilpie (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Quilpie
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 QUILPIE SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 199
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR SOUTH WEST
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - SOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MARANOA
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BULLOO - QUILPIE - BARCOO
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BULLOO - QUILPIE - BARCOO
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOOWOOMBA - ROMA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREGORY
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Eucalypt Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus low open woodlands with tussock grass
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Acacia open woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Acacia open woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 369.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 55.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 40.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 54.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 157.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 158.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 25.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 22.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 31.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 14.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.05
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 22.216667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.16
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.25
    Elevation 233.0 m