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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:QVM:9:19955

Preserved specimen of Bactronophorus thoracites Gould, 1856 | Stilt Palleted Shipworm
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Invertebrates
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number QVM:9:19955
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations dry
Identified by Smith, B.J.  
Individual count 3
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1998, Month: 7, Day:
Supplied as year:1998  month:7 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Bactronophorus thoracites
Identified to rank species
Common name Stilt Palleted Shipworm
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Myida
Family Teredinidae
Genus Bactronophorus
Species Bactronophorus thoracites
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Gould, 1856
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Cape Leveque
Habitat among mangroves
Latitude -16.39999
Supplied as: "-16.39999"
Longitude 122.91665
Supplied as: "122.91665"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Kimberley Coast
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Bardi Jawi
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Bardi Jawi
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Bardi Jawi
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Canning
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northwest Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Canning
    Indigenous
    2025 Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Bardi Jawi
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Bardi Jawi Conservation Estate Indigenous Land Use Agreement
    Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Bardi Jawi
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Kimberley
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Indigenous Protected Areas 2013 Bardi Jawi
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF BROOME
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Bardi and Jawi Native Title Determination
    Vegetation
    Vegetation types - native Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan
    Vegetation types - present Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan, mudflats

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1292.0 frequency
    Species Richness 372.0 frequency