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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.370701

Preserved specimen of Penion maximus (Tryon, 1881) | Whelk recorded on 1974-12-05
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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.370701
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10317190,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.370701"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Loch, Mr Ian W - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector FRV Kapala
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2025-12-22
Identification remarks global Molluscabase family update

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10063802
Identification remarks global Molluscabase family update
Occurrence date 1974-12-05
Supplied date "1974-12-05/1974-12-05"
End day of year 339
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 339

Taxonomy

Scientific name Penion maximus
Supplied scientific name "Penion maximus (Tryon, 1881)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Whelk
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Hypsogastropoda
Family Austrosiphonidae
Genus Penion
Species Penion maximus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Penion maximus (Tryon, 1881)
Scientific name authorship (Tryon, 1881)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Tryon, 1881)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.566666
Supplied as: "-33.566666"
Longitude 151.33333
Supplied as: "151.33333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Off Broken Bay
Location remarks [MAL# 26416] Australia, New South Wales, Off Broken Bay (33° 34' 00" S, 151° 20' 00" E) 05/12/1974 - 05/12/1974, FRV Kapala(Collector), FRV "Kapala".
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 34' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 20' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Hawkesbury Shelf
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Central Eastern Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Hawkesbury-Nepean
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Hawkesbury Shelf
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Electorates March 2025 Robertson
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Greater Sydney
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) ROBERTSON
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 41894.0 frequency
    Species Richness 3806.0 frequency