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Occurrence record: Mollusc:P009355

Preserved specimen of Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Knife Finger Oyster recorded on 1997-01-12
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Malacology Collection
Supplied collection code "Mollusc"
Catalog number P009355
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Mollusc:P009355
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal
Identified by R.C. Willan  
Identified date 1997
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 1997

Event

Occurrence date 1997-01-12
Supplied as year:1997  month:1  day:12 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ensiculus cultellus
Identified to rank species
Common name Knife Finger Oyster
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Adapedonta
Family Pharidae
Genus Ensiculus
Species Ensiculus cultellus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Locality Tree Point, western end of Gunn Point Public Beach, Shoal Bay, NNE. of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
Latitude -12.32583
Supplied as: "-12.32583"
Longitude 131.01333
Supplied as: "131.01333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Tree Point Conservation Area
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Tree Point Conservation Area
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Anson Beagle
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 LITCHFIELD MUNICIPALITY
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NELSON

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1730.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 110.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 532.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 110.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1157.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 8.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 17.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.6 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.56
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.3 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 0.0 m