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Compressed Clam

Mesodesma arctatum (Conrad 1831)

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

Global Biotic Interactions

Melanitta deglandi (Bonaparte 1850) (White-winged Scoter)

body length

McClain Bivalve Sizes

28 mm

(max)

body volume

Literature body sizes, bivalves

9.76 cm^3

(average)

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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first appearance

Paleobiology Database

2.588 million years ago

(max)
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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geographic distribution

United States Species List
United States
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001

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North Atlantic Species List
North Atlantic
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1912

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Gulf of St Lawrence Species List
Gulf Of Saint Lawrence
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/4290

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Canada Species List
Canada
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6251999

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last appearance

Paleobiology Database
holocene epoch
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Holocene

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

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latitude

OBIS environmental data records

49.0833 degrees

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

40.167 degrees

(min)

life span

Moss et al 2016

24 years

(max)

longitude

OBIS environmental data records

-48.5 degrees

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

-71.633 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)

number of fossil occurrences

Paleobiology Database

6

number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

561

number of records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

161

number of research grade records in iNat

iNaturalist 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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shell height, bivalve

McClain Bivalve Sizes

27.6 mm

(max)

shell length, bivalve

McClain Bivalve Sizes

40 mm

(max)

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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water depth

OBIS environmental data records

84 m

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

99 m

(max)

water dissolved o2 concentration

OBIS environmental data records

5.471 mL/L

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

5.471 mL/L

(max)

water nitrate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

8.208 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

8.208 µmol/l

(max)

water o2 saturation

OBIS environmental data records

84.231 percent

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

84.231 percent

(min)

water phosphate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

0.706 µmol/l

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

0.706 µmol/l

(min)

water salinity

OBIS environmental data records

34.202 psu

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

34.202 psu

(max)

water silicate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

5.527 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

5.527 µmol/l

(max)

water temperature

OBIS environmental data records

9.12 degrees celsius

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

9.12 degrees celsius

(min)

wet body mass

Literature body sizes, bivalves

16.9 g

(average)