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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.195176

Preserved specimen of Saccella crassa (Hinds, 1843) | Heavy Nut Shell recorded on 1970-04-01
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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.195176
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1757231,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.195176"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Loch, Mr Ian W - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector W.F. Ponder
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 2025-04-15
Identification remarks Molluscabase update

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10026706
Identification remarks Molluscabase update
Occurrence date 1970-04-01
Supplied date "1970-04-01/1970-04-01"
End day of year 91
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 91

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 Tasmania
Latitude -42.9
Supplied as: "-42.9"
Longitude 147.5
Supplied as: "147.5"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Roches Beach, W side of Frederick Henry Bay
Location remarks [MAL# 143 C] Australia, Tasmania, Roches Beach, W side of Frederick Henry Bay (42° 54' 00" S, 147° 30' 00" E) 01/04/1970 - 01/04/1970, Ponder, W F(Collector), Accession
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 42° 54' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 147° 30' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 08783361-e120-41fd-adeb-265dd70142e8
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Saccella crassa (Hinds, 1843)
    Coordinates -42.9,147.5
    Related records
    Record UUID 4ab72853-2587-44e3-a5f3-c819591e534d
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Saccella crassa (Hinds, 1843)
    Coordinates -42.9,147.5
    Record UUID da60e2e4-e586-43c5-ad1a-cc2cb2f27b45
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Saccella crassa (Hinds, 1843)
    Coordinates -42.9,147.5

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Bruny
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Tasmanian Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Bruny
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Vegetation
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 25205.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1849.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 527.55554 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 134.44444 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 110.44444 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 131.33333 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 149.88889 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.866667 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.666668
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.788889 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.666667 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.966667 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.2222223 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.877778 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.222222 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 10.044444 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0355555
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.188889 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.444445 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.233334 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.60333335
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.88555557
    Elevation 8.0 m