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Occurrence record: invertebrates:E50683

Preserved specimen of Katelysia scalarina (Lamarck, 1818) | Enigma Venus recorded on 2011-11-02
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "TMAG"
Collection Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "invertebrates"
Catalog number E50683
Occurrence ID TMAG: E50683
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by R. de Little  
Collector R. de Little
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [By hand]
Dataset name / Survey name [R. de Little Tasmanian seashells collection]
Occurrence remarks shore-based record
Date identified 2011-11-02
Supplied as 2/11/2011

Event

Dataset name / Survey name R. de Little Tasmanian seashells collection  
Occurrence date 2011-11-02
Supplied date "2/11/2011"
Sampling protocol By hand  
End day of year 306
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 306

Taxonomy

Scientific name Katelysia scalarina
Original name usage Katelysia scalarina
Identified to rank species
Common name Enigma Venus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Supplied as "Venerida"
Family Veneridae
Genus Katelysia
Species Katelysia scalarina
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1818)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Maria Island: Chinamans Bay
Latitude -42.6589099
Supplied as: "-42.6603"
Longitude 148.0410244
Supplied as: "148.04"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Verbatim locality Maria Island: Chinamans Bay (marine coastal)
Coordinate precision 1.0e-04
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Katelysia scalarina

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD Terrestrial 2024 Maria Island
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian South East
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) South East
    IBRA 7.1 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7.1 Subegions South East
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EAST COAST
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026) Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Glamorgan-Spring Bay
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GLAMORGAN-SPRING BAY COUNCIL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PROSSER
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 17779.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2156.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 637.6667 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 164.33333 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 141.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 13.333333 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 159.16667 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 15.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 181.5 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.383333 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.766666 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.733334 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.616667 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.25 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.65 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 10.85 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.95666665
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.316666 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.266666 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.766666 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 658.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 169.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 44.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 146.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 14.547175 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 153.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 71.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 190.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.279166 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 4.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.75 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.208333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 14.833333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 51.302086 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 282.8464
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 20.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 15.766666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 14.55 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.68
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.95166665
    Elevation 3.0 m