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Occurrence record: MO:S18188

Preserved specimen of Brachidontes Swainson, 1840 | Ribbed Mussel
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Mollusc Collection
Supplied collection code "MO"
Catalog number S18188
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:18188
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Slack-Smith, S.M.  
Collector 1.  , S.M.   2.  Bryce   3.  , C.W.  
Supplied as "Slack-Smith, S.M. & Bryce, C.W."
Individual count 9
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Hand]

Event

Event ID Woodside Dampier Expedition I 1998
Occurrence date Year: 1998, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1998 
Sampling protocol Hand  
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Brachidontes
Identified to rank genus
Common name Ribbed Mussel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Mytilida
Supplied as "Mytiloida"
Family Mytilidae
Genus Brachidontes
Species Brachidontes sp.
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Swainson, 1840
Name parse type INFORMAL

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -20.4515
Supplied as: "-20.4515"
Longitude 116.8407
Supplied as: "116.8407"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality DA1/98/17
Island Wilcox Island
Island group Dampier Archipelago
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to Label
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 20°27.09`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 116°50.44`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Pilbarra (nearshore)
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF KARRATHA
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Ngarluma/Yindjibarndi
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PILBARA, MP
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 251.66667 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 47.666668 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 98.166664 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 137.66667 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 143.33333 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 23.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 23.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.316666 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.483334 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.066668 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.25 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.275
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 35.766666 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.566668 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.5 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.08
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.15