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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.196915

Preserved specimen of Saccella crassa (Hinds, 1843) | Heavy Nut Shell recorded on 1977-12-10
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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.196915
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10107976,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.196915"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Loch, Mr Ian W - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector C. Short
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment Beach
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Beach]
Date identified 2025-05-15

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1384101
Occurrence date 1977-12-10
Supplied date "1977-12-10/1977-12-10"
Sampling protocol Beach  
End day of year 344
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 344

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 -41.933334
Supplied as: "-41.933334"
Longitude 145.18333
Supplied as: "145.18333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Trial Harbour, W coast
Location remarks [MAL# 137372] Australia, Tasmania, Trial Harbour, W coast (41° 56' 00" S, 145° 11' 00" E) 10/12/1977 - 10/12/1977, Short, Charlotte(Collector), Beach
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 41° 56' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 11' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Mount Heemskirk
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Mount Heemskirk
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Mount Heemskirk
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian West
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) West
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian West
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian West
    IBRA 7 Subregions West
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 KING-HENTY RIVERS
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Tasmania - West Coast
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Zeehan - Franklin
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tasmania
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Braddon
    Electorates March 2025 Braddon
    Local Government Areas 2011 West Coast (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated West Coast
    Local Government Areas 2023 West Coast
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WEST COAST COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3932
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST COAST (TAS.)
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BRADDON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ZEEHAN - FRANKLIN
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MURCHISON
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Braddon (Murchison)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 West Coast (Tas.)
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Postal Areas 2021 7469
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 West Coast (Tas.)
    Statistical Areas Level 3 West Coast
    Statistical Areas Level 4 West and North West
    Tourism Regions 2021 West Coast
    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 Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Low Closed Forests and Tall Closed Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Low closed forest or tall closed shrublands (including Acacia, Melaleuca and Banksia)
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1572.0 frequency
    Species Richness 514.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1644.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 556.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 265.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 29.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 266.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 51.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 556.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 11.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 54.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 18.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.88
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 8.9 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.97
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 112.0 m