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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.410215

Preserved specimen of Gafrarium (Gafrarium) pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758) | Comb Circe recorded on 1976-06-06
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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.410215
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10378429,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.410215"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Kerslake, J  
Collector W.F. Ponder
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:10026626
Identification remarks WoRMS update
Occurrence date 1976-06-06
Supplied date "1976-06-06/1976-06-06"
End day of year 158
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 158

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 Northern Territory
Latitude -12.05
Supplied as: "-12.05"
Longitude 134.4
Supplied as: "134.4"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Arnhem Land, Boucaut Bay, Rocky Point
Location remarks [MAL# 1344 C] Australia, Northern Territory, Arnhem Land, Boucaut Bay, Rocky Point (12° 03' 00" S, 134° 24' 00" E) 06/06/1976 - 06/06/1976, Ponder, W F(Collector)
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12° 03' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 134° 24' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Arnhem Land
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Djelk - Stage 2
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Arnhem Wessel
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northern Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Arnhem Wessel
    Indigenous
    2025 Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Djelk - Stage 2
    Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Djelk - Stage 2
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Northern Territory
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARAFURA

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 542.0 frequency
    Species Richness 259.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1304.6666 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 113.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 462.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 72.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 862.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 14.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.466667 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.59 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.62
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.5 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.48
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0