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Occurrence record: Molluscs:MO15195

Preserved specimen of Scutarcopagia linguafelis (Linnaeus, 1758) | Cat's Tongue
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Molluscs
Supplied collection code "Molluscs"
Catalog number MO15195
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Molluscs:MO15195
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Dry
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Scutarcopagia linguafelis
Identified to rank species
Common name Cat's Tongue
Supplied common name "Cat's Tongue Tellin"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Supplied as "Venerida"
Family Tellinidae
Genus Scutarcopagia
Species Scutarcopagia linguafelis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Dunk Island
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -17.9319258
Supplied as: "-17.933333"
Longitude 146.150841
Supplied as: "146.15"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 17° 56' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146° 9' East

Additional properties

object id MO11506

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Girringun
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Family Islands
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Girringun
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Wet Tropics
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Innisfail
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Innisfail
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 TULLY-MURRAY RIVERS
    Indigenous
    2025 Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Girringun
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Tully - Cardwell - Jumbun
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Cardwell
    Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Girringun
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Cairns - Atherton
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Queensland Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Kennedy
    Electorates March 2025 Kennedy
    Indigenous Protected Areas 2013 Girringun
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cassowary Coast (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cardwell
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CASSOWARY COAST REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 74
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 768
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TULLY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) INNISFAIL - CASSOWARY COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TULLY - CARDWELL - JUMBUN
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CARDWELL
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HILL
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Hill
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Tully
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Local Government Areas 2023 Cassowary Coast
    Postal Areas 2021 4852
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Tully
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Innisfail - Cassowary Coast
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Cairns
    Tourism Regions 2021 Tropical North Queensland
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus tall open forests and open forests with ferns, herbs, sedges, rushes or wet tussock grasses
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 7760.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1937.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 3115.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 314.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 227.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 74.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1339.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 158.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1618.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 19.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 22.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.93
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 25.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 25.4 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.92
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0