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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.219364

Preserved specimen of Mactra (Mactra) pura Reeve, 1854 | Pure Trough Shell recorded on 1945-12-07
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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.219364
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10118097,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.219364"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Kerslake, J  
Collector G.P. Whitley
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1980

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10037517
Occurrence date 1945-12-07
Supplied date "1945-12-07/1945-12-07"
End day of year 341
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 341

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mactra (Mactra) pura
Supplied scientific name "Mactra pura Reeve, 1854"
Identified to rank species
Common name Pure Trough Shell
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Family Mactridae
Genus Mactra
Species Mactra pura
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Mactra pura Reeve, 1854
Scientific name authorship Reeve, 1854
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Reeve, 1854

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -28.466667
Supplied as: "-28.466667"
Longitude 113.683334
Supplied as: "113.683334"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Houtman Abrolhos, Wallabi Group, West Wallabi Is
Location remarks [MAL# 31977] Australia, Western Australia, Houtman Abrolhos, Wallabi Group, West Wallabi Is (28° 28' 00" S, 113° 41' 00" E) 07/12/1945 - 07/12/1945, Whitley, G P(Collector)
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 28° 28' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 113° 41' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Houtman Abrolhos Islands
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Abrolhos Islands
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Abrolhos Islands
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Abrolhos Islands
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Abrolhos Islands
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Abrolhos Islands
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Southwest Shelf Transition
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Agricultural
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Agricultural Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Agricultural Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Agricultural Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Abrolhos Islands
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Geraldton
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF NORTHAMPTON
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) AGRICULTURAL REGION
    Vegetation
    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

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 771.0 frequency
    Species Richness 266.0 frequency
    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 384.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 165.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 1.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 8.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 105.89913 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 17.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 100.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 251.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 20.641666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 13.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 16.966667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.466666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 22.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 46.090534 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 318.154
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 29.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 24.766666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 18.133333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %