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Occurrence record: Mollusc:P057697

Preserved specimen of Mactra (Mactra) australis Lamarck, 1818 | Southern Trough Shell recorded on 2017-09-02
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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 P057697
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Mollusc:P057697
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal
Identified by R.C. Willan  
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
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 2017

Event

Occurrence date 2017-09-02
Supplied as year:2017  month:9  day:2 
End day of year 245
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 245

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mactra (Mactra) australis
Supplied scientific name "Mactra australis"
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Trough Shell
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Family Mactridae
Genus Mactra
Species Mactra australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Lamarck, 1818
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality Blanche Point, southern end of Maslin Beach, north of Aldinga, central eastern section of Gulf Saint Vincent, central coast of South Australia.
Latitude -35.24538
Supplied as: "-35.24538"
Longitude 138.46727
Supplied as: "138.46727"
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 South-east Australia
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Flinders Lofty Block
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Mount Lofty Ranges
    NRM Regions 2010 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    NRM Regions 2017 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Green Adelaide
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Flinders Lofty Block
    IBRA 7 Regions Flinders Lofty Block
    IBRA 7 Subregions Mount Lofty Ranges
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ONKAPARINGA RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Onkaparinga
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Kaurna People Native Title Settlement ILUA
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Onkaparinga - South
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Adelaide
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Greater South Australia
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Kingston
    Electorates March 2025 Kingston
    Local Government Areas 2011 Onkaparinga (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Onkaparinga - South Coast
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF ONKAPARINGA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 86
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2589
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER ADELAIDE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SEAFORD (SA)
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ONKAPARINGA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) ADELAIDE - SOUTH
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KINGSTON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ONKAPARINGA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ONKAPARINGA - SOUTH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ADELAIDE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Mawson
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Seaford Rise - Moana
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Adelaide
    Local Government Areas 2023 Onkaparinga
    Postal Areas 2021 5170
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Major Cities of Australia
    States and Territories 2021 South Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Seaford Rise - Moana
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Onkaparinga
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Adelaide - South
    Tourism Regions 2021 Fleurieu Peninsula
    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 unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 33560.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2105.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 523.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 225.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 52.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 54.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 52.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 227.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 43.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.24
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 501.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 202.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 15.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 58.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 47.491978 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 58.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 71.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 202.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.795834 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 19.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 7.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 11.266666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.058333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 20.25 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 46.93437 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 368.48868
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 26.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 20.266666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 11.266666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.47
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.94