Occurrence record: Malacology:C.615039

Preserved specimen of Nucula (Nucula) pusilla Angas, 1877 | Hedley's Nut Shell recorded on 1973-02/1973-02

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Dataset

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.615039
Other catalog numbers	["ecatalogue.irn:3196351,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.615039"]
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by	Loch, Mr Ian W - Australian Museum - Malacology
Collector	J.E. Randall
License	CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment	SCUBA
Presence/Absence	PRESENT
Sampling protocol	[SCUBA]
Date identified	2025-06-17

Event

Event ID	urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10047328
Occurrence date	[date not supplied] Year: 1973, Month: 2, Day: Supplied date "1973-02/1973-02"
Sampling protocol	SCUBA
Date precision	MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name	Nucula (Nucula) pusilla Supplied scientific name "Nucula pusilla Angas, 1877"
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Hedley's Nut Shell
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Bivalvia
Order	Nuculida
Family	Nuculidae
Genus	Nucula
Species	Nucula pusilla
Name match metric	exactMatch
Accepted name	Nucula pusilla Angas, 1877
Scientific name authorship	Angas, 1877
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Name according to	Angas, 1877

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	New South Wales
Latitude	-31.55 Supplied as: "-31.55"
Longitude	159.08333 Supplied as: "159.08333"
Datum	EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality	Lord Howe Island, W of Erscott's Passage
Location remarks	[MAL# 9423 B] Australia, New South Wales, Lord Howe Island, W of Erscott's Passage (31° 33' 00" S, 159° 05' 00" E) /02/1973 - /02/1973, Randall, J E(Collector), SCUBA
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	1000.0
Terrestrial	true
Verbatim latitude	31° 33' 00" S
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU
Verbatim longitude	159° 05' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty	100m-1km

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Data quality tests

Test name	Result
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Warning
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Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Collection match fuzzy	Passed
Collection not matched	Passed
CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	Passed
Continent country mismatch	Passed
Continent derived from coordinates	Passed
CONTINENT_DERIVED_FROM_COUNTRY	Passed
Continent invalid	Passed
Coordinates centre of country	Passed
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Passed
Coordinate invalid	Passed
Coordinates are out of range for species	Passed
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Passed
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Passed
Coordinate reprojection suspicious	Passed
Coordinate rounded	Passed
Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid	Passed
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Different owner institution	Passed
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Institution and Collection mismatch	Passed
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Interpretation error	Passed
Invalid scientific name	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing collection date	Passed
Modified date invalid	Passed
Modified date unlikely	Passed
Multimedia date invalid	Passed
Multimedia uri invalid	Passed
Name not supplied	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from basis of record	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from individual count	Passed
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Latitude is negated	Passed
Longitude is negated	Passed
Presumed swapped coordinate	Passed
Recorded date invalid	Passed
Recorded date mismatch	Passed
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SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
Sensitivity report invalid	Passed
Sensitivity report not loadable	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Passed
Taxon affinity species	Passed
TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
Taxon confer species	Passed
Taxon default match	Passed
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Taxon homonym	Passed
Taxon indeterminate species	Passed
Taxon match aggregate	Passed
Taxon match fuzzy	Passed
Taxon match higher rank	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_NAME_AND_ID_AMBIGUOUS	Passed
Taxon match none	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_IGNORED	Passed
Taxon misapplied	Passed
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Taxon parent child synonym	Passed
Taxon question species	Passed
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Passed
Taxon species plural	Passed
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Passed
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Kingdom not recognised	Passed
Unrecognized collection code	Passed
Unrecognized institution code	Passed
Supplied coordinates are zero	Passed
Biosecurity issue	Passed
Suspected outlier	Passed
Geospatial issue	Passed
Habitat incorrect for species	Passed
Taxon misidentified	Passed
Taxonomic issue	Passed
Temporal issue	Passed
Other issue	Passed
Duplicate record	Passed
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Missing geodetic datum	Missing
Missing georeferenced by	Missing
Missing georeference protocol	Missing
Missing georeference sources	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
Missing georeference date	Missing
Missing taxon rank	Missing
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Coordinate precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint SRS invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Elevation unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
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Individual count conflicts with occurrence status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
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Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial	Lord Howe Island
CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial	Lord Howe Island
CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database)	Lord Howe Island
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	Pacific Subtropical Islands
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Lord Howe Island
NRM Regions 2010	Northern Rivers - Lord Howe Island
NRM Regions 2017	North Coast - Lord Howe Island
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023	North Coast - Lord Howe Island
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	North Coast - Lord Howe Island
Biodiversity
IBRA 7 Regions	Pacific Subtropical Islands
IBRA 7 Subregions	Lord Howe Island
Hydrology
Australian Drainage Divisions 2021	South East Coast (NSW)
Indigenous
Indigenous Areas 2021	Lord Howe Island
Indigenous Locations 2021	Lord Howe Island
Indigenous Regions 2021	Sydney - Wollongong
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	New South Wales
Marine
States including coastal waters	New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
Political
ASGS Australian States and Territories	New South Wales
Australian States and Territories	New South Wales
Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021	Sydney
Electorates March 2025	Sydney
Local Government Areas 2011	Unincorporated NSW
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Lord Howe Island
Local Government Areas 2023	Unincorporated NSW
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	UNINCORPORATED
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	0
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	3
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF NSW
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	LORD HOWE ISLAND
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	LORD HOWE ISLAND
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	MID NORTH COAST
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	SYDNEY
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	LORD HOWE ISLAND
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	LORD HOWE ISLAND
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	SYDNEY - WOLLONGONG
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Very Remote Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
PSMA States (2016)	NEW SOUTH WALES
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Port Macquarie
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Australia 2021	Australia
Destination Zones 2021	Lord Howe Island
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Rest of NSW
Postal Areas 2021	2898
Remoteness Areas 2021	Very Remote Australia
States and Territories 2021	New South Wales
Statistical Areas Level 1	10803116101
Statistical Areas Level 2	Lord Howe Island
Statistical Areas Level 3	Lord Howe Island
Statistical Areas Level 4	Mid North Coast
Tourism Regions 2021	North Coast NSW

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	119171.0 frequency
Species Richness	5646.0 frequency
Climate
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	1552.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	414.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	101.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	324.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	18.44433 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	355.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	176.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	495.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	18.891666 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	11.2 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	13.2 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	15.95 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	4.4666667 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	21.8 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	39.880955 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	251.78304
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	24.4 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	22.083332 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	16.9 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	41.0 %

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name	Nucula pusilla Angas, 1877	Nucula (Nucula) pusilla
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4fb59020-e4a8-4973-adca-a4f662c4645c
	Family id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/8cee4d63-cb31-45f9-9792-582d4205e114
	Taxon concept ID		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/1f5f1630-5e16-419a-bac4-474230395382
	Order		Nuculida
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Accepted name usage	Nucula pusilla Angas, 1877
	Species id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/1f5f1630-5e16-419a-bac4-474230395382
	Genus	Nucula	Nucula
	Left		65378
	Scientific name authorship		Angas, 1877
	Taxon rank		species
	Genus id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/42ed2527-2c25-4561-855c-6e0b8e362214
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name		Hedley's Nut Shell
	Name according to	Angas, 1877
	Order id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/dd1aa40f-a9bd-4497-8844-602d8d3ecb68
	Right		65378
	Kingdom		Animalia
	Specific epithet	pusilla
	Class id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/d6ab0629-da3d-4e6a-8400-301515cb3f16
	Phylum	Mollusca	Mollusca
	Class	Bivalvia	Bivalvia
	Species		Nucula pusilla
	Family		Nuculidae
	Kingdom id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Event ID	urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10047328
	Year		1973
	Month		2
	Date precision		MONTH
	Event date	1973-02/1973-02
Identification	Date identified	2025-06-17	2025-06-17
Identification	Identified by	[Loch, Mr Ian W - Australian Museum - Malacology]
Occurrence	Degree of establishment	SCUBA
	Catalog number	C.615039
	Occurrence status		PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Modified	2026-01-29	2026-01-29
	Collection code	Malacology
	Sampling protocol	[SCUBA]
	Institution code	AM
	Recorded by	J.E. Randall
	Other catalog numbers	[ecatalogue.irn:3196351,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.615039]
Attribution	Data resource		Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
	Collection		Australian Museum Malacology Collection
	License		CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
	Data provider uid		dp20
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr340	dr340
	Institution ID		in4
	Data partner		OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
	Institution		Australian Museum
	Data hub uid	[dh1]
	Collection ID		co114
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Decimal latitude	-31.55	-31.55
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Decimal longitude	159.08333	159.08333
	State province	New South Wales	New South Wales
	Verbatim locality	Lord Howe Island, W of Erscott's Passage
	Verbatim latitude	31° 33' 00" S
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	1000	1000.0
	Lga	Unincorporated NSW
	Marine	false	false
	Location remarks	[MAL# 9423 B] Australia, New South Wales, Lord Howe Island, W of Erscott's Passage (31° 33' 00" S, 159° 05' 00" E) /02/1973 - /02/1973, Randall, J E(Collector), SCUBA
	Country code		AU
	Verbatim longitude	159° 05' 00" E
	Geodetic datum		EPSG:4326

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