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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.61687

Preserved specimen of Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) | Southern Mussel recorded on 1943
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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.61687
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10309611","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.61687"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.61687
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Smith, Dr. B. J. - Queen Victoria Museum  
Collector Allen, E. Frank  
Supplied as "Allen, Frank E."
Specimen type Paralectotypes: Velesunio transitus Iredale, 1943 : Propehyridellidae : : Bivalvia : Mollusca
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1992
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: texpress 01/Sep/1999";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10024932
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: texpress 01/Sep/1999";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1943, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1943"
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 New South Wales
Latitude -33.92916
Supplied as: "-33.92916"
Longitude 150.866
Supplied as: "150.866"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Georges River at Liverpool
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 15434 C] Australia, New South Wales, Georges River at Liverpool (33° 55' 45" S, 150° 52' 00" E) 1943 - 1943, Allen, Frank E(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 55' 45" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150° 52' 0" E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/12/4
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Sydney Metro
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Subregions Cumberland
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SYDNEY COAST-GEORGES RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Liverpool (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Liverpool - West
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Greater Sydney
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 22
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2972
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER SYDNEY
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) HOXTON PARK - CARNES HILL - HORNINGSEA PARK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) BRINGELLY - GREEN VALLEY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SYDNEY - SOUTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WERRIWA
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) LIVERPOOL
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CORANGAMITE - GOLDEN PLAINS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN VICTORIA
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Phylloxera Infection Zone - Sydney, New South Wales Sydney Phylloxera Zone
    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 Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 899.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 301.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 134.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 30.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 301.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.03
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.75 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.76
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 139.0 m