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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.123029

Preserved specimen of Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767) | Northern Mud Creeper recorded on 1975-06-21
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Malacology Collection
Supplied collection code "Malacology"
Catalog number C.123029
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10379118,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.123029"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Loch, Mr I W  
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1992-03
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 02/Jun/2002

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10003974
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 02/Jun/2002
Occurrence date 1975-06-21
Supplied date "1975-06-21/1975-06-21"
End day of year 172
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 172

Taxonomy

Scientific name Terebralia palustris
Supplied scientific name "Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Northern Mud Creeper
Supplied common name "Giant Mud Creeper"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Cerithimorpha
Family Potamididae
Genus Terebralia
Species Terebralia palustris
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767)
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1767)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Linnaeus, 1767)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Latitude -11.35
Supplied as: "-11.35"
Longitude 130.875
Supplied as: "130.875"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Melville Is, Andranangoo Creek, W bank 1.5km from mouth
Location remarks [MAL# 48795 B] Australia, Northern Territory, Melville Is, Andranangoo Creek, W bank 1.5km from mouth (11° 21' 00" S, 130° 52' 30" E) 21/06/1975 - 21/06/1975, Accession
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 11° 21' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 130° 52' 30" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tiwi Cobourg
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Tiwi
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tiwi Cobourg
    IBRA 7 Regions Tiwi Cobourg
    IBRA 7 Subregions Tiwi
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BATHURST-MELVILLE ISLANDS
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Tiwi Islands
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Tiwi Islands - Wilderness
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Jabiru - Tiwi
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Northern Territory
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lingiari
    Electorates March 2025 Lingiari
    Local Government Areas 2011 Tiwi Islands (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Tiwi Islands
    Local Government Areas 2023 Tiwi Islands
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TIWI ISLANDS REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 2022
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2187
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TIWI ISLANDS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) DALY - TIWI - WEST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TIWI ISLANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) TIWI ISLANDS - WILDERNESS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) JABIRU - TIWI
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARAFURA
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Arafura
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Tiwi Islands
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NT
    Postal Areas 2021 0822
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Northern Territory
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Tiwi Islands
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Daly - Tiwi - West Arnhem
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Northern Territory - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Litchfield Kakadu Arnhem
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Mangrove
    Forests of Australia 2018B Mangrove
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Mangroves
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mangroves
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Mangroves,tidal mudflats,samphires and bare areas,claypan,sand,rock,salt lakes,lagoons,lakes
    Vegetation types - present Mangroves

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 321.0 frequency
    Species Richness 148.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1770.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 103.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 555.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 96.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1113.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 9.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.63 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.47
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1590.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 13.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 2.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 13.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 102.321556 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 433.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 340.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 970.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.170834 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 13.600002 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 19.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 24.966667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.241667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 24.966667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 60.600483 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 146.52736
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 32.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 28.583334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 27.933334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 64.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.55
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 1.0 m