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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.614991

Preserved specimen of Saccella crassa (Hinds, 1843) | Heavy Nut Shell recorded on 1970/1970
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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.614991
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:3195973,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.614991"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Loch, Mr Ian W - Australian Museum - Malacology  
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment Dredged.
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Dredged.]
Date identified 2025-06-16
Identification remarks Molluscabase update

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1384901
Identification remarks Molluscabase update
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1970, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1970/1970"
Sampling protocol Dredged.  
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Saccella crassa
Supplied scientific name "Saccella crassa (Hinds, 1843)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Heavy Nut Shell
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Nuculanida
Family Nuculanidae
Genus Saccella
Species Saccella crassa
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Saccella crassa (Hinds, 1843)
Scientific name authorship (Hinds, 1843)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Hinds, 1843)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -35.599167
Supplied as: "-35.599167"
Longitude 138.66972
Supplied as: "138.66972"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality off Encounter Bay
Location remarks [MAL# 137399] Australia, South Australia, off Encounter Bay (35° 35' 57" S, 138° 40' 11" E) 1970 - 1970, Dredged.
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35° 35' 57" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138° 40' 11" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Encounter
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Encounter
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Encounter
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Encounter
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Coorong
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    NRM Regions 2017 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Hills and Fleurieu
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Coorong
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Greater South Australia
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 52881.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2957.0 frequency