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Occurrence record: Mollusc:P032397

Preserved specimen of Brachidontes Swainson, 1840 | Ribbed Mussel recorded on 2005-09-20
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Malacology Collection
Supplied collection code "Mollusc"
Catalog number P032397
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Mollusc:P032397
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal
Identified by R.C. Willan  
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 2005

Event

Occurrence date 2005-09-20
Supplied as year:2005  month:9  day:20 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Brachidontes
Supplied scientific name "Brachidontes mutabilis"
Identified to rank genus
Common name Ribbed Mussel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Mytilida
Family Mytilidae
Genus Brachidontes
Species Brachidontes mutabilis
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Swainson, 1840
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Yeni Loban's workshop, Thursday Island, Torres Strait, north of Cape York, northern Queensland, Australia.
Latitude -10.58333
Supplied as: "-10.58333"
Longitude 142.21667
Supplied as: "142.21667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Torres Strait
    NRM Regions 2017 Torres Strait
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Torres Strait
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Cape York-Torres Strait
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Torres (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Torres
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TORRES SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 1767
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2726
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TORRES
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KAIWALAGAL - INNER ISLANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) PORT KENNEDY (THURSDAY ISLAND)
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TORRES STRAIT
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Special Quarantine Zone - Torres Strait Special Quarantine Zone - Torres Strait
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present Rainforest and vine thickets

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 15038.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2802.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1657.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 28.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 17.5 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 112.5 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 467.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 110.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1090.0 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) 27.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 9.55 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 22.45 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 5.8500004 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.605 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.34
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.55 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.741667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 64.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.53499997
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 47.0 m