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Occurrence record: Mollusc:P040272

Preserved specimen of Vulsella vulsella (Linnaeus, 1758) | Sponge Finger recorded on 2007-12-10
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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 P040272
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Mollusc:P040272
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by R.C. Willan  
Identified date 2007
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
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 2007

Event

Occurrence date 2007-12-10
Supplied as year:2007  month:12  day:10 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Vulsella vulsella
Identified to rank species
Common name Sponge Finger
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Ostreida
Family Pteriidae
Supplied as "Vulsellidae"
Genus Vulsella
Species Vulsella vulsella
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Locality 80 m back from end of wharf, Fort Hill Wharf, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
Latitude -12.47083
Supplied as: "-12.47083"
Longitude 130.84633
Supplied as: "130.84633"
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
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Darwin
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Anson Beagle
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Local Government Areas 2011 Unincorporated NT
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated City - Inner
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DARWIN WATERFRONT PRECINCT MUNICIPALITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 111
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 777
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER DARWIN
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) DARWIN CITY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) DARWIN CITY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) DARWIN
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) SOLOMON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) DARWIN - INNER SUBURBS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) DARWIN - CENTRAL
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) DARWIN
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PORT DARWIN
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1715.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 111.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 442.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 112.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1156.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 8.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 19.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.61 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.5
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.25 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.2 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 14.0 m