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Occurrence record: Mollusc:P057561

Preserved specimen of Dicathais orbita (Gmelin, 1791) | Cartrut Shell recorded on 2017-03-03
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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 P057561
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Mollusc:P057561
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal
Identified by R.C. Willan  
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
Date identified 2017

Event

Occurrence date 2017-03-03
Supplied as year:2017  month:3  day:3 
End day of year 62
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 62

Taxonomy

Scientific name Dicathais orbita
Identified to rank species
Common name Cartrut Shell
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Hypsogastropoda
Family Muricidae
Genus Dicathais
Species Dicathais orbita
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gmelin, 1791)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality channel at SE. side of Griffitts Island, Port Fairy, western Victoria, Australia.
Latitude -38.397
Supplied as: "-38.397"
Longitude 142.247
Supplied as: "142.247"
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
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Warrnambool Plain
    NRM Regions 2010 Glenelg Hopkins
    NRM Regions 2017 Glenelg Hopkins
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Glenelg Hopkins
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Glenelg Hopkins
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Warrnambool Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 PORTLAND COAST
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Victoria
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Glenelg - Heywood
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 89707.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1859.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 724.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 269.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 100.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 36.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 100.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 269.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.98
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 748.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 267.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 24.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 102.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 35.41103 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 102.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 93.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 267.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.029167 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 6.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 10.55 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.625 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 17.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 52.272728 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 288.69974
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 23.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 17.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 10.55 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.66
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0