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Occurrence record: Mollusc:P057843

Preserved specimen of Dicathais orbita (Gmelin, 1791) | Cartrut Shell recorded on 1981-04-25
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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 P057843
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Mollusc:P057843
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 1981

Event

Occurrence date 1981-04-25
Supplied as year:1981  month:4  day:25 
End day of year 115
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 115

Taxonomy

Scientific name Dicathais orbita
Identified to rank species
Common name Cartrut Shell
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Hypsogastropoda
Family Muricidae
Genus Dicathais
Species Dicathais orbita
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gmelin, 1791)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Locality Tweed River, between entrance and small boat harbour (i.e., lagoon), Tweed Heads, northern New South Wales, Australia.
Latitude -28.16667
Supplied as: "-28.16667"
Longitude 153.55
Supplied as: "153.55"
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
    GER Border Ranges GER Border Ranges
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) South Eastern Queensland
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Sunshine Coast-Gold Coast Lowlands
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 North Coast
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 North Coast
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North Coast
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Queensland
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Queensland
    IBRA 7 Subregions Sunshine Coast-Gold Coast Lowlands
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 TWEED RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Tweed
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Tweed Heads
    Indigenous Regions 2021 NSW Central and North Coast
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Richmond
    Electorates March 2025 Richmond
    Local Government Areas 2011 Tweed (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Coolangatta
    Local Government Areas 2023 Tweed
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TWEED SHIRE COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions North Coast
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 42
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3616
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TWEED HEADS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) TWEED VALLEY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) RICHMOND - TWEED
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) RICHMOND
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TWEED
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) TWEED HEADS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NSW CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TWEED
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Tweed
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Tweed Heads
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NSW
    Postal Areas 2021 2485
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Major Cities of Australia
    States and Territories 2021 New South Wales
    Statistical Areas Level 1 11203125447
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Tweed Heads
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Tweed Valley
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Richmond - Tweed
    Tourism Regions 2021 North Coast NSW
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Other native forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 88889.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2854.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1656.25 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 253.25 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 192.25 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 40.25 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 568.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 52.75 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 610.5 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 26.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 20.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.324999 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 10.075001 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 15.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.675 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.4725 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.12
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 28.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 24.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 23.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1669.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 256.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 51.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 206.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 39.786232 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 598.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 207.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 599.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 20.35 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 10.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 16.133333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.933333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 16.483334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 50.47081 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 325.8067
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 28.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 24.083334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 23.15 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.92
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0