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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.14951

Preserved specimen of Mactra (Mactra) alta Deshayes, 1854 recorded on 1903-06-07
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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.14951
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10458462","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.14951"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.14951
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Kerslake, J.  
Identified date 1980
Collector Hedley, C.  
Supplied as "Hedley, C."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1980
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 14/Aug/2006";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10024002
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 14/Aug/2006";
Occurrence date 1903-06-07
Supplied date "1903-06-07/11"
Date precision DAY_RANGE
Event date end 1903-06-11

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mactra (Mactra) alta
Supplied scientific name "Mactra alta Deshayes, 1854"
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Cardiida
Family Mactridae
Genus Mactra
Species Mactra alta
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Mactra alta Deshayes, 1854
Scientific name authorship Deshayes, 1854
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Deshayes, 1854

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -17.483
Supplied as: "-17.483"
Longitude 140.833
Supplied as: "140.833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Gulf of Carpentaria, Karumba
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 4323 B] Australia, Queensland, Gulf of Carpentaria, Karumba (17° 29' 00" S, 140° 50' 00" E) 07/06/1903 - 11/06/1903, Hedley, C(Collector), Beach.";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 17° 29' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 140° 50' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/9/2
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/9/2
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Southern Gulf Aggregation
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Gulf
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Gulf
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Gulf
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Gulf Plains
    IBRA 7 Regions Gulf Plains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Karumba Plains
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FLINDERS-NORMAN RIVERS
    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 Carpentaria (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Carpentaria
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CARPENTARIA SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 163
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3233
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CARPENTARIA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CARPENTARIA - BURKE - MORNINGTON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CARPENTARIA EXC. DOOMADGEE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MOUNT ISA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TRAEGER
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Mangrove
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Sea and estuaries
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Sea, estuaries (includes seagrass)
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan
    Vegetation types - present Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan, mudflats

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 846.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 446.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 67.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 659.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 17.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 22.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.55 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.96
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.683334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 56.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.33
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.94
    Elevation 0.0 m