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Occurrence record: Molluscs:MO33683

Preserved specimen of Chama pacifica Broderip, 1834 | Large Pacific Chama
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Molluscs
Supplied collection code "Molluscs"
Catalog number MO33683
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Molluscs:MO33683
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Dry
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Verbatim event date 1990
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Chama pacifica
Identified to rank species
Common name Large Pacific Chama
Supplied common name "Pacific Jewel-box Clam"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Supplied as "Venerida"
Family Chamidae
Genus Chama
Species Chama pacifica
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Broderip, 1834
Supplied as Broderip, 1835
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Palm I
Latitude -18.666667
Supplied as: "-18.666667"
Longitude 146.55
Supplied as: "146.55"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 18° 40' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146° 33' East

Additional properties

object id MO43378

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    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
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Herbert
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HERBERT RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Palm Island Improved Land Management Practices ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Palm Island (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Palm Island
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PALM ISLAND ABORIGINAL SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 63
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2298
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) PALM ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CHARTERS TOWERS - AYR - INGHAM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) HERBERT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) PALM ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) PALM ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2054.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 119.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 89.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1127.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 128.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1193.0 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) 23.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.93
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.475 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.78
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0