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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.122742

Preserved specimen of Anadara (Anadara) trapezia (Deshayes, 1840) | Sydney Cockle recorded on 1975-07-22
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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.122742
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10250677,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.122742"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Kerslake, J  
Collector J.H. Day
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1975
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: texpress 01/Sep/1999

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10040566
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: texpress 01/Sep/1999
Occurrence date 1975-07-22
Supplied date "1975-07-22/1975-07-22"
End day of year 203
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 203

Taxonomy

Scientific name Anadara (Anadara) trapezia
Supplied scientific name "Anadara trapezia (Deshayes, 1839)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Sydney Cockle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Arcida
Family Arcidae
Genus Anadara
Species Anadara trapezia
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Anadara trapezia (Deshayes, 1839)
Scientific name authorship (Deshayes, 1840)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Deshayes, 1839)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -36.890556
Supplied as: "-36.890556"
Longitude 149.91917
Supplied as: "149.91917"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Merimbula Estuary
Location remarks [MAL# 23628] Australia, New South Wales, Merimbula Estuary (36° 53' 26" S, 149° 55' 09" E) 22/07/1975 - 22/07/1975, Day, J H(Collector), Merimbula Estuary Survey.
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 36° 53' 26" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 149° 55' 09" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness
    Directory of Important Wetlands Merimbula Lake
    GER Kosciuszko to Coast GER Kosciuszko to Coast
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Twofold Shelf
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Southeast Shelf Transition
    NRM Regions 2010 Southern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 South East NSW
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South East NSW
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East NSW
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Twofold Shelf
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (NSW)
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Bega Valley
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Bega - Surrounds
    Indigenous Regions 2021 South-Eastern NSW
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Eden-Monaro
    Electorates March 2025 Eden-monaro
    Local Government Areas 2011 Bega Valley (A)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BEGA VALLEY SHIRE COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions South East
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 13
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1044
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) MERIMBULA - TURA BEACH
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAPITAL REGION
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) EDEN-MONARO
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BEGA VALLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BEGA - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH-EASTERN NSW
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Bega
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Merimbula - Tura Beach
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NSW
    Local Government Areas 2023 Bega Valley
    Postal Areas 2021 2548
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 New South Wales
    Statistical Areas Level 1 10104102521
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Merimbula - Tura Beach
    Statistical Areas Level 3 South Coast
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Capital Region
    Tourism Regions 2021 South Coast
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Sea and estuaries
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Sea, estuaries (includes seagrass)
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Unresolved Tenure
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 26950.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2926.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 811.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 148.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 148.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 223.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 243.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 39.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 10.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.19
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 18.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 848.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 153.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 41.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 141.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 23.457058 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 254.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 96.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 260.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.529167 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 19.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 5.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 11.216667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 10.241667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 11.733334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 51.988155 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 337.79
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 25.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 19.616667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 18.55 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.61
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.84
    Elevation 22.0 m