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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F265788

Preserved specimen of Brachidontes rostratus (Dunker, 1857) | Beaked Mussel recorded on 1980-03-08
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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 F265788
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F265788
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Shell|Dry
Collector Steuart, E. Frank  
Supplied as "Frank E. Steuart"
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 1980-03-08
Supplied date "1980-03-08T00:00:00\1980-03-08T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Mollusca | Bivalvia | Mytiloida | Mytilidae
Scientific name Brachidontes rostratus
Supplied scientific name "Brachidontes rostratus (Denker)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Beaked Mussel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Mytilida
Supplied as "Mytiloida"
Family Mytilidae
Genus Brachidontes
Species Brachidontes rostratus
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship (Dunker, 1857)
Supplied as (Denker)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Tasmania
Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Grassy Harbour, King Island.
Latitude -40.07
Supplied as: "-40.07"
Longitude 144.05
Supplied as: "144.05"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Grassy Harbour, King Island.
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Otway
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Vegetation
    Vegetation types - native Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan
    Vegetation types - present Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan, mudflats

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 947.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 361.25 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 127.5 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 39.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 128.25 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 31.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 363.5 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 51.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.175001 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.425 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.175 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.75 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.725 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.25 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.425 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.4775 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.7875
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 20.875 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.475 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.725 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.765
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 65.0 m