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Occurrence record: Mollusc:P037230

Preserved specimen of Musculus (Modiolarca) cumingianus (Reeve, 1857) | Three-area Mussel recorded on 2004-03-24
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Malacology Collection
Supplied collection code "Mollusc"
Catalog number P037230
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Mollusc:P037230
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal
Identified by R.C. Willan  
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 2 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 2006

Event

Occurrence date 2004-03-24
Supplied as year:2004  month:3  day:24 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Musculus (Modiolarca) cumingianus
Supplied scientific name "Musculus cumingianus"
Identified to rank species
Common name Three-area Mussel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Mytilida
Family Mytilidae
Genus Musculus
Species Musculus cumingianus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Reeve, 1857)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Cargo Wharf, southern side of Thursday Island, Torres Strait, north of Cape York, northern Queensland, Australia.
Latitude -10.58635
Supplied as: "-10.58635"
Longitude 142.22213
Supplied as: "142.22213"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS 84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 6a851db2-0fdc-480d-b4ac-81b2e1f040a9
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Musculus cumingianus
    Coordinates -10.58635,142.22213
    Related records
    Record UUID b561d2a7-5832-4e5b-9bec-0acd7eaf3ea6
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Musculus cumingianus
    Coordinates -10.58635,142.22213
    Record UUID a4f4dcd1-9412-4b07-aa9c-54dfbeb8626b
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Musculus cumingianus
    Coordinates -10.58635,142.22213

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Torres Strait
    NRM Regions 2017 Torres Strait
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Torres Strait
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions West Cape York
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TORRES SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    Special Quarantine Zone - Torres Strait Special Quarantine Zone - Torres Strait

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1657.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 28.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 17.5 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 112.5 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 467.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 110.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1090.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 9.55 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 22.45 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 5.8500004 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.605 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.34
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.55 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.53499997
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 47.0 m