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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.149368

Preserved specimen of Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) | Southern Mussel recorded on 1985-11-10
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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.149368
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10252704","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.149368"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.149368
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Walker, K.  
Identified date 1993
Collector 1.  Loch, I.   2.  Waterhouse, J.H.  
Supplied as "I.Loch & J.H.Waterhouse"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1993
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: texpress 01/Sep/1999";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10066031
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: texpress 01/Sep/1999";
Occurrence date 1985-11-10
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Velesunio ambiguus
Supplied scientific name "Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Mussel
Supplied common name "Balonne Freshwater Mussel"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Unionida
Family Hyriidae
Genus Velesunio
Species Velesunio ambiguus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
Scientific name authorship (Philippi, 1847)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Philippi, 1847)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -31.05138
Supplied as: "-31.05138"
Longitude 151.76749
Supplied as: "151.76749"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Apsley River, above Apsley Falls, Apsley Gorge National Park
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 6381 B] Australia, New South Wales, Apsley River, above Apsley Falls, Apsley Gorge National Park (31° 03' 05" S, 151° 46' 03" E) 10/11/1985 - 10/11/1985, I.Loch & J.H.Waterhouse(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 31° 3' 5" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 46' 3" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2020/7/30
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/7/30
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Oxley Wild Rivers
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Oxley Wild Rivers
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Tablelands
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Tablelands
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions New England Tablelands
    IBRA 7 Regions New England Tablelands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Walcha Plateau
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MACLEAY RIVER
    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
    Local Government Areas 2011 Walcha (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Walcha
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WALCHA COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Northern Tablelands
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 591
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WALCHA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ARMIDALE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NEW ENGLAND AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) NEW ENGLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) URALLA - WALCHA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) WALCHA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NORTH-EASTERN NSW
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NORTHERN TABLELANDS
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Other native forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 802.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 123.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 120.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 39.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 311.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 311.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 28.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 26.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 0.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 7.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 7.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.65
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 19.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.970834 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.62
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.74
    Elevation 1012.0 m