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Occurrence record: MO:S78757

Preserved specimen of Mactra Linnaeus, 1767
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Mollusc Collection
Supplied collection code "MO"
Catalog number S78757
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:78757
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations 100% Ethanol
Identified by Hansen, G.  
Collector 1.  Kirkendale   2.  , L.   3.  Whisson   4.  , C.   5.  Hara   6.  , A.  
Supplied as "Kirkendale, L., Whisson, C. & Hara, A."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Dredge]
Date identified 2017-01-01

Event

Occurrence date Year: 2017, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:2017 
Sampling protocol Dredge  
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mactra
Identified to rank genus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Supplied as "Veneroida"
Family Mactridae
Genus Mactra
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Linnaeus, 1767
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -20.5044
Supplied as: "-20.5044"
Longitude 116.6816
Supplied as: "116.6816"
Datum EPSG:4326
Min elevation -4
Max elevation -14
Island group Dampier Archipelago
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to GPS
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 20.50442°S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 116.68165°E

User flagged issues 

    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid Warning
    Min and max altitude reversed Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
    Name not supplied Warning
    Occurrence status inferred from individual count Warning
    Show/Hide 94 passed properties
    Show/Hide 7 missing properties
    Show/Hide 18 tests that have not been run

    Outlier information  

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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
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Pilbarra (nearshore)
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF KARRATHA
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Ngarluma/Yindjibarndi
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 246.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 48.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 99.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 137.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 139.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 23.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 23.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.95 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.25
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 35.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 25.970833 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.08
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.15