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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.410208

Preserved specimen of Gafrarium (Gafrarium) pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758) | Comb Circe recorded on 1976-07-05
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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.410208
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10378450,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.410208"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Kerslake, J  
Collector W.F. Ponder & I.W. Loch
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2022-04-22
Identification remarks WoRMS update

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10029540
Identification remarks WoRMS update
Occurrence date 1976-07-05
Supplied date "1976-07-05/1976-07-05"
End day of year 187
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 187

Taxonomy

Scientific name Gafrarium (Gafrarium) pectinatum
Supplied scientific name "Gafrarium pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Comb Circe
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Family Veneridae
Genus Gafrarium
Species Gafrarium pectinatum
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Gafrarium pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -10.593333
Supplied as: "-10.593333"
Longitude 142.24306
Supplied as: "142.24306"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Torres Strait, Horn Is, W side near jetty
Location remarks [MAL# 20796 B] Australia, Queensland, Torres Strait, Horn Is, W side near jetty (10° 35' 36" S, 142° 14' 35" E) 05/07/1976 - 05/07/1976, Ponder, Dr Winston Frank - Australian Museum - Malacology(Collector), Loch, Mr Ian W - Australian Museum - Malacology(
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 10° 35' 36" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 142° 14' 35" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Torres Strait & far Northern GBR
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) West Cape York
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northern Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Torres Strait
    NRM Regions 2017 Torres Strait
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Torres Strait
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Torres Strait
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions West Cape York
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Torres Strait
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Electorates March 2025 Leichhardt
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TORRES SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Special Quarantine Zone - Torres Strait Special Quarantine Zone - Torres Strait
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 15038.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2802.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1648.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 112.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 465.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 109.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1085.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 22.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 5.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 26.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.61 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.34
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1759.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 40.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 4.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 19.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 111.46248 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 714.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 427.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1159.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.983334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 9.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 22.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 25.483334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 6.0166664 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 25.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 62.673607 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 108.86467
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 31.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 28.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 27.616667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 65.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.54
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0