Freshwater & Brackish Water Clams

Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld 1811

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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ecomorphological guild

Paleobiology Database
infaunal
URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Infaunal

Definition: Benthic animals which live within the seabed.

Attribution: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Infaunal

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(adult)

extinction status

Paleobiology Database
extant
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/extant

Definition: This taxon is still in existence, as opposed to extinct.

Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extant_taxon

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geographic distribution

Mozambique Species List
Mozambique
URI: https://www.geonames.org/1036973

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habitat

Wikipedia (inferred records)
lake
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000252

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Wikipedia (inferred records)
brackish water
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000322

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mineralized skeleton contains

Mineralogy
aragonite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52239

Definition: Calcium carbonate (CO3Ca), aragonite structure

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motility

Paleobiology Database
facultatively mobile
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/facultativelyMobile

Definition: Organisms that can change location but do so infrequently, e.g., crinoids, some infaunal bivalves.

Attribution: http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html

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(adult)

number of dna records in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

17

number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

71256

number of records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

19292

number of specimens in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

157

reproduction

Fairbairn 2013
sexual reproduction
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953

Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.

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trophic guild

Paleobiology Database
suspension feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/suspensionFeeder

Definition: An organism which feeds on organisms and/or particles suspended in the water column.

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type specimen repository

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GBIF national node type records France
museum national d'histoire naturelle (mnhn)
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988

Definition: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France. URL for main institutional website: http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/sommaire.xsp

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GBIF national node type records France
museum national d'histoire naturelle (mnhn)
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988

Definition: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France. URL for main institutional website: http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/sommaire.xsp

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GBIF national node type records France
museum national d'histoire naturelle (mnhn)
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988

Definition: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France. URL for main institutional website: http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/sommaire.xsp

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GBIF national node type records France
museum national d'histoire naturelle (mnhn)
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988

Definition: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France. URL for main institutional website: http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/sommaire.xsp

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GBIF national node type records France
museum national d'histoire naturelle (mnhn)
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988

Definition: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France. URL for main institutional website: http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/sommaire.xsp

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