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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.125919

Preserved specimen of Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) | Southern Mussel recorded on 1958-04
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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.125919
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10330590","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.125919"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.125919
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Griffiths, O.  
Identified date 1980
Collector Milne, K.L.  
Supplied as "Milne, K. L."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1980
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: janetw 08/Feb/2000";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10034198
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: janetw 08/Feb/2000";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1958, Month: 4, Day:
Supplied date "1958-04"
Date precision MONTH

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 Victoria
Latitude -37.366
Supplied as: "-37.366"
Longitude 141.216
Supplied as: "141.216"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Glenelg River at Dergholm near Casterton
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 46754 B] Australia, Victoria, Glenelg River at Dergholm near Casterton (37° 22' 00" S, 141° 13' 00" E) /04/1958 - /04/1958, Milne, K L(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 37° 22' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 141° 13' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2020/6/30
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/6/30
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Glenelg Hopkins
    NRM Regions 2017 Glenelg Hopkins
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Glenelg Hopkins
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Victorian Midlands
    IBRA 7 Regions Victorian Midlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Dundas Tablelands
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 GLENELG RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 West Wimmera (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated West Wimmera
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WEST WIMMERA SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 654
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST WIMMERA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GRAMPIANS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MALLEE
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) WIMMERA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) WIMMERA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LOWAN
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with ferns, herbs, sedges, rushes or wet tussock grassland
    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) 627.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 249.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 75.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 44.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 76.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 250.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.32
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 28.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.866667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.6
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 83.0 m