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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.220961

Preserved specimen of Conus (Puncticulis) pulicarius pulicarius Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792 | The Flea-bitten Cone recorded on 1979-10-12
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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.220961
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10119690,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.220961"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by I.Loch  
Collector F.H., M.S. & N.Talbot
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1981

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10044106
Occurrence date 1979-10-12
Supplied date "1979-10-12/1979-10-12"
End day of year 285
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 285

Taxonomy

Scientific name Conus (Puncticulis) pulicarius pulicarius
Supplied scientific name "Conus pulicarius Hwass & Bruguière, 1792"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name The Flea-bitten Cone
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Hypsogastropoda
Family Conidae
Genus Conus
Species Conus pulicarius
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Conus pulicarius Hwass & Bruguière, 1792
Subspecies Conus (Puncticulis) pulicarius pulicarius
Scientific name authorship Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Hwass & Bruguière, 1792

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Latitude -12.091666
Supplied as: "-12.091666"
Longitude 96.88333
Supplied as: "96.88333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Direction Island, W side
Location remarks [MAL# 46604] Australia, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Direction Island, W side (12° 05' 30" S, 96° 53' 00" E) 12/10/1979 - 12/10/1979, F.H., M.S. & N.Talbot(Collector)
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12° 05' 30" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 096° 53' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Cocos Keeling
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Cocos (Keeling) Island Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Cocos Keeling Islands
    NRM Regions 2017 Cocos Keeling Islands
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Cocos Keeling Islands
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Cocos (Keeling) Island Province
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF COCOS ISLANDS

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1168.0 frequency
    Species Richness 559.0 frequency
    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 2025.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 300.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 77.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 292.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 35.46917 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 660.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 251.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 695.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.879166 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 6.200001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 23.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 26.166668 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 4.4249997 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 26.333334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 71.37096 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 58.831734
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 30.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 27.616667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 27.533333 °C