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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.47288

Preserved specimen of Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) | Southern Mussel recorded on 1900
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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.47288
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10330606","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.47288"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.47288
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Griffiths, O.  
Identified date 1980
Specimen type cited: Velesunio danellii (Villa, 1871) : Propehyridellidae : : Bivalvia : Mollusca
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1980
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: janetw 08/Feb/2000";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10001812
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: janetw 08/Feb/2000";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1900, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1900"
Date precision YEAR

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 Victoria
Latitude -37.833
Supplied as: "-37.833"
Longitude 145.27499
Supplied as: "145.27499"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Yarra River
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 46758] Australia, Victoria, Yarra River (37° 50' 00" S, 145° 00' 00" E) 1900 - 1900, Accession";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 37° 50' 0.0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 16' 30.0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/9/2
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/9/2
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 10km-100km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Gippsland Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BUNYIP RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Maroondah (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Maroondah - Croydon
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MAROONDAH CITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 8
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 566
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BAYSWATER NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MAROONDAH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - OUTER EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DEAKIN
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MAROONDAH
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MAROONDAH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) KILSYTH
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 848.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 231.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 155.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 161.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 247.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.29
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.629167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.75
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 113.0 m