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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:QVM:9:2250

Preserved specimen of Tectus (Tectus) niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767) | Button Shell
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Invertebrates
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number QVM:9:2250
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations dry
Individual count 1
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tectus (Tectus) niloticus
Supplied scientific name "Tectus niloticus"
Identified to rank species
Common name Button Shell
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Littorinimorpha
Family Trochidae
Genus Tectus
Species Tectus niloticus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1767)
Supplied as Linnaeus, 1767
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Queensland
Latitude -20.917571
Supplied as: "-20.917571"
Longitude 142.702794
Supplied as: "142.702794"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
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) Mitchell Grass Downs
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Central Downs
    NRM Regions 2010 Southern Gulf
    NRM Regions 2017 Southern Gulf
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Southern Gulf
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Southern Gulf
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Mitchell Grass Downs
    IBRA 7 Regions Mitchell Grass Downs
    IBRA 7 Subregions Central Downs
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FLINDERS-NORMAN RIVERS
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Flinders - Richmond - Dalrymple
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Flinders - Richmond - Dalrymple
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Townsville - Mackay
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Queensland Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Kennedy
    Electorates March 2025 Kennedy
    Local Government Areas 2011 Richmond (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Richmond
    Local Government Areas 2023 Richmond
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 RICHMOND SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 304
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN HIGHLANDS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) FLINDERS - RICHMOND - DALRYMPLE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) FLINDERS - RICHMOND - DALRYMPLE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TRAEGER
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Traeger
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Northern Highlands
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Postal Areas 2021 4822
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Northern Highlands
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Outback - North
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Queensland - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Outback Queensland
    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 Tussock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mitchell grass (Astrebla) tussock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tussock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 61.0 frequency
    Species Richness 46.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 421.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 106.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 257.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 281.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 19.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 25.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 30.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.62
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 38.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 447.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 17.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 4.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 17.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 108.059166 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 299.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 123.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 299.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 25.233334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 29.099998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 9.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 18.666666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 15.95 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 18.666666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 54.810997 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 480.16254
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 38.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 30.199999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 30.199999 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.15
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.37
    Elevation 180.0 m