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Cut Surfclam

Spisula subtruncata (da Costa 1778)

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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are eaten by

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Global Biotic Interactions

Limanda limanda (Linnaeus 1758) (Common Dab)
Global Biotic Interactions

Astropecten aranciacus (Linnaeus 1758)
Global Biotic Interactions

Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus 1758) (Cleaver Wrasse)
Global Biotic Interactions

Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus 1758 (European Plaice)
Global Biotic Interactions

Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus 1758) (Baltic Flounder)

are preyed upon by

Global Biotic Interactions

Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus 1758 (European Plaice)
Global Biotic Interactions

Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus 1758) (Baltic Flounder)
Global Biotic Interactions

Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus 1758) (Common Smoothhound)
Global Biotic Interactions

Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus 1758) (Cleaver Wrasse)
Global Biotic Interactions

Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus 1758 (European Plaice)

body length

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World Register of Marine Species

3 cm

(max)
World Register of Marine Species

5 cm

(max)
Shelled animal body mass

24 mm

(adult, single measurement)
literature body sizes metazoa

29 mm

(adult, max)
literature body sizes metazoa

7 mm

(adult, min)

body volume

Shelled animal body mass

1.79 cm^3

(adult, single measurement)

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)

ecosystem engineering

Queirós et al 2013
surficial modifier
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/surficialModifier

Definition: bioturbating fauna with activities restricted to the sediment layer immediately below the sediment surface

Attribution: S. Lindqvist, Engelbrektsson, Eriksson, Hulth. 2016. Functional classification of bioturbating macrofauna in marine sediments using time-resolved imaging of particle displacement and multivariate analysis. Biogeosciences Discuss, 13 Oct. 2016. doi:10.5194/bg-2016-411.

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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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first appearance

Paleobiology Database
neogenen period
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Neogene

Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

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Paleobiology Database

23.03 million years ago

(max)

geographic distribution

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World Register of Marine Species
North Sea
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/2350

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Mediterranean Sea
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1905

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World Register of Marine Species
Aegean Sea
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/3315

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World Register of Marine Species
Black Sea
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/3319

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Aegean Sea Species List
Aegean Sea
URI: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/3315

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habitat

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World Register of Marine Species
marine pelagic
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000023

Definition: The marine pelagic biome (pelagic meaning open sea) is that of the marine water column, from the surface to the greatest depths.

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sea sand
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002118

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mud
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000001

Definition: A liquid or semi-liquid mixture of water and some combination of soil, silt, and clay.

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sediment
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002007

Definition: Sediment is an environmental substance comprised of any particulate matter that can be transported by fluid flow and which eventually is deposited as a layer of solid particles on the bedor bottom of a body of water or other liquid.

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sea sand
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002118

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harvested in

FAO Fishery Statistics
Sweden
URI: http://www.geonames.org/2661886

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last appearance

Paleobiology Database
pleistocene epoch
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Pleistocene

Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

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Paleobiology Database

0.0117 million years ago

(min)

latitude

OBIS environmental data records

74.6491 degrees

(max)

life span

Moss et al 2016

2 years

(max)
Moss et al 2016

3.66 years

(max)
Moss et al 2016

1 years

(max)
Moss et al 2016

4 years

(max)

longitude

OBIS environmental data records

35.36 degrees

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

-15.7905 degrees

(min)

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)
Queirós et al 2013
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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number of fossil occurrences

Paleobiology Database

53

number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

14390

number of records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

536

number of research grade records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

441

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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skeleton structure

World Register of Marine Species
exoskeleton
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006611

Definition: Exoskeleton or shell, including those of mollusks, turtles, insects and crustaceans

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World Register of Marine Species
condensed
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001485

Definition: A structural quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's being thicker or more closely packed together; pressed tightly together.

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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

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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used for

FAO Fishery Statistics
food
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2095

Definition: any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body

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water depth

OBIS environmental data records

-1.36 m

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

115 m

(max)

water dissolved o2 concentration

OBIS environmental data records

6.964 mL/L

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

5.996 mL/L

(min)

water nitrate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

0.437 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

12.04 µmol/l

(max)

water o2 saturation

OBIS environmental data records

89.612 percent

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

104.242 percent

(max)

water phosphate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

0.785 µmol/l

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

0.273 µmol/l

(min)

water salinity

OBIS environmental data records

35.211 psu

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

18.292 psu

(min)

water silicate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

2.091 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

18.377 µmol/l

(max)

water temperature

OBIS environmental data records

11.457 degrees celsius

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

6.506 degrees celsius

(min)

wet body mass

Shelled animal body mass

3.12 g

(adult, single measurement)
literature body sizes metazoa

5.082 g

(adult)