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Occurrence record: MO:S80125

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 S80125
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:80125
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations 100% Ethanol
Identified by Slack-Smith, S.M.  
Identified date 1/1/2011
Collector Bardsley, Bill  
Supplied as "Bill Bardsley (SKM)"
Individual count 10
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2011-01-01
Supplied as 1/1/2011

Event

Occurrence date Year: 2011, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:2011 
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 pharaonis
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Swainson, 1840
Supplied as (P. Fischer, 1870)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -20.3
Supplied as: "-20.3"
Longitude 118.5833
Supplied as: "118.5833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality S10
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to EGAZ
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 20°18`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 118°35`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)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TOWN OF PORT HEDLAND

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 314.75 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 1.5 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 115.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 206.25 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 207.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 23.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 21.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.349998 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.275 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 12.975 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 26.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5225 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.32
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.6 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.1
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.23