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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.56935

Preserved specimen of Glycymeris (Glycymeris) radians (Lamarck, 1819) | Common Dog Cockle recorded on 1931/1931
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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.56935
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10204429,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.56935"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Loch, Mr Ian W - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector T. Carter
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2026-02-13
Identification remarks Molluscabase confirmation

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10022657
Identification remarks Molluscabase confirmation
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1931, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1931/1931"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Glycymeris (Glycymeris) radians
Supplied scientific name "Glycymeris radians (Lamarck, 1819)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Common Dog Cockle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Arcida
Family Glycymerididae
Genus Glycymeris
Species Glycymeris radians
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Glycymeris radians (Lamarck, 1819)
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1819)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Lamarck, 1819)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -35.033333
Supplied as: "-35.033333"
Longitude 117.88333
Supplied as: "117.88333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Albany
Location remarks [MAL# 22621] Australia, Western Australia, Albany (35° 02' 00" S, 117° 53' 00" E) 1931 - 1931, Carter, T(Collector), Accession
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35° 02' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 117° 53' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions SW West Australia
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) WA South Coast
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Southwest Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 South Coast
    NRM Regions 2017 South Coast Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South Coast Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Coast Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions WA South Coast
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Wagyl Kaip & Southern Noongar Indigenous Land Use Agreement
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 South West
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Electorates March 2025 O'connor
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF ALBANY
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) O'CONNOR
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) SOUTH WEST REGION

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 30513.0 frequency
    Species Richness 3331.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 875.6 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 373.8 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 80.6 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 55.6 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 85.4 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 33.8 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 380.6 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.08 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 41.2
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.76 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.559999 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.66 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.639999 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.66 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.76 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.528 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.88199997
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.24 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.04 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.78 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 882.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 378.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 22.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 72.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 57.709606 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 83.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 140.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 378.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.4125 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 7.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 12.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.908334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 18.633333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 54.98971 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 282.15182
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 24.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 18.966667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 12.1 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 55.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.652
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 38.0 m