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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.137692

Preserved specimen of Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) | Southern Mussel recorded on 1983-02-10
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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.137692
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10402436","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.137692"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.137692
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Shea, Mr. Michael  
Collector Gallagher, R.  
Supplied as "Gallagher, R."
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 2003-06
Supplied as 2003-6
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: holly 03/Jun/2003";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10029763
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: holly 03/Jun/2003";
Occurrence date 1983-02-10
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Velesunio ambiguus
Supplied scientific name "Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Mussel
Supplied common name "Balonne Freshwater Mussel"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Unionida
Family Hyriidae
Genus Velesunio
Species Velesunio ambiguus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
Scientific name authorship (Philippi, 1847)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Philippi, 1847)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -32.39166
Supplied as: "-32.39166"
Longitude 142.416
Supplied as: "142.416"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Menindee Lake, Kinchega National Park, Menindee
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 51380] Australia, New South Wales, Menindee Lake, Kinchega National Park, Menindee (32° 23' 30" S, 142° 25' 00" E) 10/02/1983 - 10/02/1983, Gallagher, R(Collector), Accession, Drought";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32° 23' 30" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 142° 25' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2020/6/30
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/6/30
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 94a5847a-0787-4775-8426-9f240d5d0072
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
    Coordinates -32.39166,142.416
    Related records
    Record UUID f086566d-e08e-4bb1-9ac1-dc14b15e2f41
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
    Coordinates -32.39166,142.416

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Lower Murray Darling
    NRM Regions 2017 Western
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Western
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Darling Riverine Plains
    IBRA 7 Regions Darling Riverine Plains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Menindee
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Central Darling (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Central Darling
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CENTRAL DARLING SHIRE COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Western
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 49
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2255
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR WEST
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) BROKEN HILL AND FAR WEST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR WEST AND ORANA
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) PARKES
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) FAR WEST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MENINDEE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NORTH-WESTERN NSW
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARWON
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone - Tri State FFEZ
    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 Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Chenopod Shrublands, Samphire Shrublands and Forblands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Saltbush and/or Bluebush shrublands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Chenopod shrubs,samphire shrublands and forblands
    Vegetation types - present Chenopod shrublands, samphire shrubs and forblands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 271.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 62.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 53.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 80.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 82.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 35.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 30.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.95
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 35.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 25.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.579166 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.13
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.24
    Elevation 68.0 m