Atlantic Razor Clam

Siliqua costata (Say 1822)

Body symmetry

• Namigai et al 2014: bilaterally symmetric

are eaten by

• Global Biotic Interactions: Melanitta deglandi (Bonaparte 1850) (White-winged Scoter)

are preyed upon by

• Global Biotic Interactions: Malaclemys terrapin (Schoepff 1793) (Diamondback Turtle)

body length

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 20 mm (max)
• Shelled animal body mass: 37.8 mm (adult, single measurement)
• Femorale: 37.8 mm (adult, single measurement)

body volume

• Shelled animal body mass: 5.14 cm^3 (adult, single measurement)
• Literature body sizes, bivalves: 8.47 cm^3 (average)

cellularity

• Cellularity and growth form: multicellular

geographic distribution

• United States Species List: United States
• North Atlantic Species List: North Atlantic
• Labrador Sea Species List: Labrador Sea
• Gulf of St Lawrence Species List: Gulf Of Saint Lawrence
• Japan Species List: Japan

latitude

• OBIS environmental data records: 36.567 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 44.85 degrees (max)

longitude

• OBIS environmental data records: -65.4 degrees (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: -75.833 degrees (min)

mineralized skeleton contains

• Mineralogy: aragonite

number of records in gbif

• GBIF data coverage: 630

number of records in iNat

• iNaturalist data coverage: 308

number of research grade records in iNat

• iNaturalist data coverage: 300

reproduction

• Fairbairn 2013: sexual reproduction

shell height, bivalve

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 19.8 mm (max)

shell length, bivalve

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 50 mm (max)

water depth

• OBIS environmental data records: 0.6 m (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 260 m (max)

water dissolved o2 concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 6.548 mL/L (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 5.364 mL/L (min)

water nitrate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 1.778 µmol/l (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 10.863 µmol/l (max)

water o2 saturation

• OBIS environmental data records: 83.947 percent (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 102.113 percent (max)

water phosphate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 0.39 µmol/l (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 0.996 µmol/l (max)

water salinity

• OBIS environmental data records: 34.717 psu (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 32.78 psu (min)

water silicate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 7.484 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 2.111 µmol/l (min)

water temperature

• OBIS environmental data records: 7.109 degrees celsius (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 16.407 degrees celsius (max)

wet body mass

• Shelled animal body mass: 8.99 g (adult, single measurement)
• Literature body sizes, bivalves: 14.6 g (average)