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Occurrence record: MO:S76900

Preserved specimen of Bactronophorus thoracites Gould, 1856 | Stilt Palleted Shipworm
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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 S76900
Other catalog numbers ["55-61"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:76900
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Special Alcohol 75% (Ethanol 93% & Methanol 7%)
Collector Butcher, J.L.
Individual count 10
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1960, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1960 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Bactronophorus thoracites
Identified to rank species
Common name Stilt Palleted Shipworm
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Myida
Supplied as "Myoida"
Family Teredinidae
Genus Bactronophorus
Species Bactronophorus thoracites
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Gould, 1856
Supplied as (Gould, 1856)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -15.4833
Supplied as: "-15.4833"
Longitude 128.1167
Supplied as: "128.1167"
Datum EPSG:4326
Min elevation -6
Max elevation -6
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to EGAZ
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 15°29`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 128°07`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Victoria Bonaparte
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Keep
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Victoria Bonaparte
    IBRA 7 Regions Victoria Bonaparte
    IBRA 7 Subregions Keep
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ORD-PENTECOST RIVERS
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Wyndham
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Wyndham
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Kununurra
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Kimberley
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Kimberley
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Durack
    Electorates March 2025 Durack
    Local Government Areas 2011 Wyndham-East Kimberley (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Wyndham-East Kimberley
    Local Government Areas 2023 Wyndham-East Kimberley
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF WYNDHAM-EAST KIMBERLEY
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Balanggarra #3
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 6
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 355
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KUNUNURRA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) KIMBERLEY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (NORTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) WYNDHAM
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) WYNDHAM
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KUNUNURRA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) KIMBERLEY, MP
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Kununurra
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of WA
    Postal Areas 2021 6740
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Western Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Kununurra
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Kimberley
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Western Australia - Outback (North)
    Tourism Regions 2021 Australia's North West
    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 Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Tropical eucalypt woodlands/grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tropical eucalypt woodlands/grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 7923.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1106.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 797.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 119.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 255.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 53.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 560.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 10.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 29.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 16.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.56 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.99
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 39.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 32.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 31.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 758.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 4.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 0.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 4.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 114.0673 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 213.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 187.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 499.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 28.766666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 22.800001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 16.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 24.516666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 13.15 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 24.516666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 57.675434 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 300.8876
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 38.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 31.85 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 30.483334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 57.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.32
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.87
    Elevation 27.0 m