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Occurrence record: Mollusc:P062902

Preserved specimen of Conus (Gastridium) geographus Linnaeus, 1758 | The Geographer Cone
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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 P062902
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Mollusc:P062902
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
Dataset name / Survey name [Bush Blitz 2021 Groote Eylandt]
Date identified 2021

Event

Dataset name / Survey name Bush Blitz 2021 Groote Eylandt  
Occurrence date Year: 2021, Month: 2, Day:
Supplied as year:2021  month:2 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Conus (Gastridium) geographus
Supplied scientific name "Conus geographus"
Identified to rank species
Common name The Geographer Cone
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Hypsogastropoda
Family Conidae
Genus Conus
Species Conus geographus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Linnaeus, 1758
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Locality north-facing ocean beach 1.8 km SW. of Milyangkwudakba Point, southern coast of large bay on central northern coast of Groote Eylandt, northwestern Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, Australia.
Latitude -13.66593
Supplied as: "-13.66593"
Longitude 136.71918
Supplied as: "136.71918"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS 84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Anindilyakwa
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Anindilyakwa
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Anindilyakwa
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Arnhem Coast
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Groote
    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
    IBRA 6 Regions Arnhem Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions Arnhem Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Groote
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 GROOTE EYLANDT
    Indigenous
    2025 Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Anindilyakwa
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Anindilyakwa (Groote)
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Umbakumba and Outstations
    Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Anindilyakwa
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Nhulunbuy
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Northern Territory
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lingiari
    Electorates March 2025 Lingiari
    Indigenous Protected Areas 2013 Anindilyakwa
    Local Government Areas 2011 East Arnhem (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Groote Eylandt
    Local Government Areas 2023 East Arnhem
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 EAST ARNHEM REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 1419
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1615
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ANINDILYAKWA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) EAST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ANINDILYAKWA (GROOTE)
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) UMBAKUMBA AND OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NHULUNBUY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARNHEM
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Arnhem
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Anindilyakwa
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NT
    Postal Areas 2021 0822
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Northern Territory
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Anindilyakwa
    Statistical Areas Level 3 East Arnhem
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Northern Territory - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Litchfield Kakadu Arnhem
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 232.0 frequency
    Species Richness 81.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1194.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 105.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 476.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 65.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 748.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 16.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 16.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.57 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.8
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 973.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 12.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 1.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 12.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 104.82495 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 310.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 207.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 596.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.066666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 13.399998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 19.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 23.883333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.0666666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 23.883333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 52.73633 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 224.90738
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 33.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 29.366667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 28.416666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 57.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.5
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0