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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.61903

Preserved specimen of Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) | Southern Mussel recorded on 1955
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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.61903
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10329447","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.61903"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.61903
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Griffiths, O.  
Collector Elliot, E.C.  
Supplied as "Elliot, E. C."
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 1980
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: holly 20/Jan/2000";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10018230
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: holly 20/Jan/2000";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1955, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1955"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Velesunio ambiguus
Supplied scientific name "Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Mussel
Supplied common name "Balonne Freshwater Mussel"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Unionida
Family Hyriidae
Genus Velesunio
Species Velesunio ambiguus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
Scientific name authorship (Philippi, 1847)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Philippi, 1847)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -35.116
Supplied as: "-35.116"
Longitude 139.266
Supplied as: "139.266"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Murray River, Murray Bridge
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 46485] Australia, South Australia, Murray River, Murray Bridge (35° 07' 00" S, 139° 16' 00" E) 1955 - 1955, Elliot, E C(Collector), Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35° 7' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 139° 16' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2019/12/12
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/12/12
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 0538e36a-a22b-4e33-a8b8-603533bef9c4
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
    Coordinates -35.116,139.266
    Related records
    Record UUID 88aef406-5eb4-41f7-91b4-089fcd2558c5
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
    Coordinates -35.116,139.266

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South Australian Murray Darling Basin
    NRM Regions 2017 South Australian Murray Darling Basin
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Australian Murray Darling Basin
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Murray Darling Depression
    IBRA 7 Regions Murray Darling Depression
    IBRA 7 Subregions Murray Mallee
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Murray Bridge (RC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Murray Bridge
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 THE RURAL CITY OF MURRAY BRIDGE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 91
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 973
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) MURRAY BRIDGE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MURRAY AND MALLEE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARKER
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MURRAY BRIDGE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MURRAY BRIDGE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ADELAIDE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Mallee woodlands and shrublands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 335.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 115.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 47.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 33.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 50.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 115.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 40.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.38
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 21.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.320833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.3
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.61
    Elevation 17.0 m