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Occurrence record: invertebrates:E1294

Preserved specimen of Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) mawlei Iredale & May, 1916 recorded on 1957-04-14
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "TMAG"
Collection Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "invertebrates"
Catalog number E1294
Occurrence ID TMAG: E01294
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by E. Turner  
Collector B.J. Nielsen
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1957-04-14
Supplied date "14/04/1957"
End day of year 104
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 104

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) mawlei
Original name usage Ischnochiton mawlei
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Polyplacophora
Order Chitonida
Supplied as "Callochitonida"
Family Ischnochitonidae
Genus Ischnochiton
Species Ischnochiton mawlei
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Iredale & May, 1916
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Pirates Bay: Fossil Island
Latitude -43.0469132
Supplied as: "-43.0483"
Longitude 147.9510322
Supplied as: "147.95"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Verbatim locality Fossil Island, Eaglehawk Neck,
Coordinate precision 1.0e-04
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Ischnochiton mawlei

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Bruny
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Tasmanian Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Bruny
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026) Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 22702.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2925.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 851.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 253.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 12.25 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 187.75 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 14.75 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 188.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 22.25 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 254.75 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 49.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 18.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.45 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.25 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.75 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.375 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.275 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.475 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.8425
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 19.975 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.55 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.425 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.8225
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0