Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F327684

Preserved specimen of Chama pulchella Reeve, 1846 | Beautiful Jewel Box

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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	F327684
Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F327684
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	Shell\|dry
Collector	Lorna & Ivan Marrow
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
Type	PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as present
Owner institution code	NMV

Event

Occurrence date	Year: 1973, Month: 6, Day: Supplied as year:1973 month:6
Date precision	MONTH

Taxonomy

Higher classification	Animalia \| Mollusca \| Conchifera \| Bivalvia \| Heterodonta \| Veneroida \| Chamoidea \| Chamidae
Scientific name	Chama pulchella Supplied scientific name "Chama pulchella Reeve, 1846"
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Beautiful Jewel Box
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Bivalvia
Order	Cardiida Supplied as "Veneroida"
Family	Chamidae
Genus	Chama
Species	Chama pulchella
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	Reeve, 1846
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code	ICZN

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	Western Australia
Locality	Port Hedland, North Western Australia
Latitude	-20.32 Supplied as: "-20.32"
Longitude	118.6 Supplied as: "118.6"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality	Port Hedland, North Western Australia
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Georeference sources	NATMAP
Georeference protocol	NATMAP RP rounded off
Terrestrial	true
Georeferenced date	2013-07-23T00:00 Supplied as 2013-07-23T00:00:00
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU

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Data quality tests

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Coordinate reprojection suspicious	Passed
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Taxon homonym	Passed
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TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_IGNORED	Passed
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Biosecurity issue	Passed
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Habitat incorrect for species	Passed
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Taxonomic issue	Passed
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Outlier information

This record has been detected as an outlier using the Reverse Jackknife algorithm for the following layers:

Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences
Notes: Data derived using ANUCLIM v6 (beta) with the new set of climate surfaces (centred on 1990), by Dr. Kristen Williams.
Scale: 0.01 degree (~1km)

More information on the data quality work being undertaken by the Atlas is available here:

Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	Pilbara
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Roebourne
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
IBRA 6 Regions	Pilbara
IBRA 7 Regions	Pilbara
IBRA 7 Subregions	Roebourne
Hydrology
Australian Drainage Divisions 2021	Pilbara-Gascoyne
Drainage Divisions Level 1	Pilbara-Gascoyne
Drainage Divisions Level 2	PORT HEDLAND COAST
Indigenous
Indigenous Areas 2021	Port Hedland
Indigenous Land Use Agreements	FMG - Kariyarra Land Access ILUA
Indigenous Locations 2021	Port Hedland exc. Tjalka Brooda
Indigenous Regions 2021	South Hedland
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	Pilbara
Land Management
Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions	Pilbara
Marine
States including coastal waters	Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
Political
ASGS Australian States and Territories	Western Australia
Australian States and Territories	Western Australia
Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021	Durack
Electorates March 2025	Durack
Local Government Areas 2011	Port Hedland (T)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Port Hedland
Local Government Areas 2023	Port Hedland
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	TOWN OF PORT HEDLAND
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	322
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	2411
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF WA
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	PORT HEDLAND
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	EAST PILBARA
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (NORTH)
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	DURACK
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	PORT HEDLAND
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	PORT HEDLAND EXC. TJALKA BROODA
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	SOUTH HEDLAND
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Remote Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	PILBARA, MP
PSMA States (2016)	WESTERN AUSTRALIA
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral)
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Australia 2021	Australia
Destination Zones 2021	Port Hedland
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Rest of WA
Postal Areas 2021	6721
Remoteness Areas 2021	Remote Australia
States and Territories 2021	Western Australia
Statistical Areas Level 2	Port Hedland
Statistical Areas Level 3	East Pilbara
Statistical Areas Level 4	Western Australia - Outback (North)
Tourism Regions 2021	Australia's North West
Vegetation
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0	Non Forest
Forests of Australia 2018B	Non forest
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups	Mangroves
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups	Mangroves
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Leasehold
Vegetation types - native	Mangroves,tidal mudflats,samphires and bare areas,claypan,sand,rock,salt lakes,lagoons,lakes
Vegetation types - present	Mangroves

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	4697.0 frequency
Species Richness	709.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	315.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	43.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	0.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	2.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	115.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	207.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	28.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	207.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	23.1 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	21.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	25.8 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	26.4 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	23.3 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	12.9 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	20.9 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	12.3 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	26.1 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.53 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	1.32
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	36.3 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	30.7 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	30.7 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	314.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	37.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	1.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	3.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	106.994354 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	201.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	100.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	201.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	26.570833 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	22.7 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	13.5 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	20.966667 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	12.441667 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	26.733334 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	54.8091 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	409.09244
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	36.2 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	30.816666 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	30.816666 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	55.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.1
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	0.23
Elevation	0.0 m

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name	Chama pulchella Reeve, 1846	Chama pulchella
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4fb59020-e4a8-4973-adca-a4f662c4645c
	Family id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/798d0015-6f82-4e9d-856b-6b5391221a46
	Taxon concept ID		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/021b6dd3-a151-4f9d-9cf6-ffac9b02bead
	Order	Veneroida	Cardiida
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/021b6dd3-a151-4f9d-9cf6-ffac9b02bead
	Genus	Chama	Chama
	Left		63121
	Higher classification	Animalia \| Mollusca \| Conchifera \| Bivalvia \| Heterodonta \| Veneroida \| Chamoidea \| Chamidae
	Scientific name authorship	Reeve, 1846	Reeve, 1846
	Taxon rank	Species	species
	Genus id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3169cfb7-d44d-4c29-8741-374214085bad
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name		Beautiful Jewel Box
	Nomenclatural code	ICZN
	Order id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/0d95376c-69f0-4534-91ff-e0c607efac1a
	Right		63121
	Kingdom	Animalia	Animalia
	Specific epithet	pulchella
	Class id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/d6ab0629-da3d-4e6a-8400-301515cb3f16
	Phylum	Mollusca	Mollusca
	Class	Bivalvia	Bivalvia
	Species		Chama pulchella
	Family	Chamidae	Chamidae
	Kingdom id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Year	1973	1973
	Month	6	6
	Date precision		MONTH
Occurrence	Rights holder		Museums Victoria
	Institution ID	urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
	Individual count	1	1
	Language	en
	Type		PhysicalObject
	Catalog number	F327684
	Occurrence status	present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Modified	2026-06-22T14:21:00	2026-06-22T14:21
	Outlier for layers		[el865]
	Collection code	Invertebrates
	Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F327684
	Owner institution code	NMV
	Preparations	Shell\|dry
	Institution code	NMV
	Recorded by	Lorna & Ivan Marrow
Attribution	Data resource		Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
	Collection		Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
	License	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode	CC0
	Data provider uid		dp20
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr342	dr342
	Institution ID		in16
	Data partner		OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
	Institution		Museums Victoria
	Data hub uid	[dh1]
	Collection ID		co119
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Decimal latitude	-20.32	-20.32
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Georeferenced date	2013-07-23T00:00:00	2013-07-23T00:00
	Locality	Port Hedland, North Western Australia	Port Hedland, North Western Australia
	Decimal longitude	118.6	118.6
	State province	Western Australia	Western Australia
	Verbatim locality	Port Hedland, North Western Australia
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Lga	Port Hedland (T)
	Marine	false	false
	Country code		AU
	Georeference protocol	NATMAP RP rounded off
	Geodetic datum	WGS84	EPSG:4326
	Georeference sources	NATMAP

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