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Occurrence record: Mollusc:P001720

Preserved specimen of Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) | Great Clam
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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 P001720
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Mollusc:P001720
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal
Identified by R.C. Willan  
Identified date 1993
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
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 1993

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1992, Month: 12, Day:
Supplied as year:1992  month:12 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima
Supplied scientific name "Tridacna gigas"
Identified to rank species
Common name Great Clam
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Family Cardiidae
Genus Tridacna
Species Tridacna maxima
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Röding, 1798)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Orpheus Island Marine Research Station, Palm Isles Group, off Townsville, northern Queensland, Australia.
Latitude -18.6
Supplied as: "-18.6"
Longitude 146.48333
Supplied as: "146.48333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Central & North GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    NRM Regions 2010 Burdekin
    NRM Regions 2017 Burdekin
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Burdekin
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Lucinda-Mackay Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 HINCHINBROOK SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HINCHINBROOK

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2076.2 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 139.2 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 119.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 88.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1122.4 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 130.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1196.2 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.279999 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.44 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.46 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.76 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.454 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.91400003
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.32 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.14 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.766
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0