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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.506157

Preserved specimen of Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) | Southern Mussel recorded on 2015-11-07
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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.506157
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1942969","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.506157"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.506157
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Shea, Mr Michael - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Hand.]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 2015-12
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "good";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1230124
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "good";
Occurrence date 2015-11-07
Sampling protocol Hand.  
Date precision DAY

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 New South Wales
Latitude -31.05027
Supplied as: "-31.05027"
Longitude 151.76777
Supplied as: "151.76777"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Near Walcha, Apsley River above Apsley Falls
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[Apsley Falls FW] Australia, New South Wales, Near Walcha, Apsley River above Apsley Falls (31° 03' 01" S, 151° 46' 04" E) 07/11/2015 - 07/11/2015, Hand., Field Collected - Aquatic, Bush Blitz Oxley Wild Rivers";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 31° 3' 1" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 46' 4" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2016/1/5
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2016/1/5
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 10m-100m

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 90ba9b90-f6d2-49f6-83b9-7357392421f3
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
    Coordinates -31.05027,151.76777
    Related records
    Record UUID b7b3b38f-840c-4720-b9b3-20bb484cdb38
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
    Coordinates -31.05027,151.76777

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Oxley Wild Rivers
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Oxley Wild Rivers
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Tablelands
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Tablelands
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions New England Tablelands
    IBRA 7 Regions New England Tablelands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Walcha Plateau
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MACLEAY RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 Derwent Valley (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Derwent Valley
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DERWENT VALLEY COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Northern Tablelands
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1233
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WILDERNESS - EAST
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (TAS.)
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CENTRAL TASMANIA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) DERWENT VALLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) DERWENT
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous co-managed, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Freshwater, dams, lakes, lagoons or aquatic plants
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes and lagoons
    Vegetation types - present Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2102.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 648.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 351.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 361.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 58.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 677.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 10.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 55.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 17.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 10.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 2.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 6.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 13.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.03
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 20.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 14.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 7.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 9.645833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 1.0
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 283.0 m