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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F266086

Preserved specimen of Brachidontes Swainson, 1840 | Ribbed Mussel recorded on 1974-07-31
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F266086
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F266086
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Shell|dry
Collector Willis, J.H.  
Supplied as "J H. Willis"
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV

Event

Occurrence date 1974-07-31
Supplied date "1974-07-31T00:00:00\1974-07-31T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Mollusca | Bivalvia | Mytiloida | Mytilidae
Scientific name Brachidontes
Identified to rank genus
Common name Ribbed Mussel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Mytilida
Supplied as "Mytiloida"
Family Mytilidae
Genus Brachidontes
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Swainson, 1840
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Western Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Cable beach, Broome
Latitude -17.95
Supplied as: "-17.95"
Longitude 122.2
Supplied as: "122.2"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Cable beach, Broome
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 Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    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 Canning
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF BROOME
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 672.3333 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 26.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 141.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 358.16666 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 58.666668 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 539.3333 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 17.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.966667 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 13.25 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 22.083334 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.983334 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.08
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 35.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.833332 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.733334 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.24
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.75166667