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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.125921

Preserved specimen of Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847) | Southern Mussel recorded on 1959-04
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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.125921
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10369477","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.125921"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.125921
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Griffiths, O.  
Identified date 1980
Collector Francois, D.  
Supplied as "Francois, D."
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: holly 20/Jan/2000";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10037834
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: holly 20/Jan/2000";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1959, Month: 4, Day:
Supplied date "1959-04"
Date precision MONTH

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 South Australia
Latitude -34.35
Supplied as: "-34.35"
Longitude 139.616
Supplied as: "139.616"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Blanchetown, Murray River
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 46489] Australia, South Australia, Blanchetown, Murray River (34° 21' 00" S, 139° 37' 00" E) /04/1959 - /04/1959, Francois, D(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 34° 21' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 139° 37' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2020/6/30
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/6/30
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South Australian Murray Darling Basin
    NRM Regions 2017 South Australian Murray Darling Basin
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Australian Murray Darling Basin
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Murray Darling Depression
    IBRA 7 Regions Murray Darling Depression
    IBRA 7 Subregions Murray Mallee
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Mid Murray (DC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Mid Murray
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MID MURRAY COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 7
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 469
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WAIKERIE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MURRAY AND MALLEE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARKER
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) LOXTON - WAIKERIE - MID MURRAY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MID MURRAY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ADELAIDE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) STUART
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    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 Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Freshwater, dams, lakes, lagoons or aquatic plants
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Chenopod shrubs,samphire shrublands and forblands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 268.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 79.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 50.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 86.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 39.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 27.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.57
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 15.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.3125 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.21
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.42
    Elevation 10.0 m