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Pitar rostratus (Philippi 1844)

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

Callorhinchus callorynchus (Linnaeus 1758) (American Elephantfish)

are preyed upon by

Global Biotic Interactions

Callorhinchus callorynchus (Linnaeus 1758) (American Elephantfish)

body length

McClain Bivalve Sizes

58 mm

(max)
Shelled animal body mass

51.6 mm

(adult, single measurement)
Femorale

51.6 mm

(adult, single measurement)

body volume

Shelled animal body mass

10.6 cm^3

(adult, single measurement)
Literature body sizes, bivalves

48.6 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
middle pleistocene age
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/MiddlePleistocene

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

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Paleobiology Database

0.781 million years ago

(max)

geographic distribution

Brazil Species List
Brazil
URI: http://www.geonames.org/3469034

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Uruguay Species List
Uruguay
URI: http://www.geonames.org/3439705

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Argentina Species List
Argentina
URI: http://www.geonames.org/3865483

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South Atlantic Species List
South Atlantic
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1914

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harvested in

FAO Fishery Statistics
Uruguay
URI: http://www.geonames.org/3439705

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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

-34.5122 degrees

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

-22.3583 degrees

(max)

longitude

OBIS environmental data records

-53.3448 degrees

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

-41.6167 degrees

(max)

mineralized skeleton contains

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

Definition: Calcium carbonate (CO3Ca), aragonite structure

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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

12

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

58.1 mm

(max)

shell length, bivalve

McClain Bivalve Sizes

65 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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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

15 m

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

36 m

(max)

wet body mass

Shelled animal body mass

18.5 g

(adult, single measurement)
Literature body sizes, bivalves

84 g

(average)