giant Pacific eggcockle data - Encyclopedia of Life

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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body length

McClain Bivalve Sizes

227 mm

(max)
Shelled animal body mass

137 mm

(adult, single measurement)
Femorale

137 mm

(adult, single measurement)

body volume

Shelled animal body mass

103 cm^3

(adult, single measurement)
Literature body sizes, bivalves

1170 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)

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
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

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World Register of Marine Species
North Pacific Ocean
URI: http://www.geonames.org/4030875

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World Register of Marine Species
North Pacific
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1908

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World Register of Marine Species
California
URI: http://www.geonames.org/5332921

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World Register of Marine Species
Pacific Ocean
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1903

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

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habitat

World Register of Marine Species
marine benthic
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000024

Definition: The marine benthic biome (benthic meaning 'bottom') encompasses the seafloor and includes such areas as shores, littoral or intertidal areas, marine coral reefs, and the deep seabed.

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last appearance

Paleobiology Database

0.0117 million years ago

(min)
Paleobiology Database
upper pleistocene age
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/UpperPleistocene

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

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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)
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

11

number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

588

number of records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

58

number of research grade records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

51

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

227 mm

(max)

shell length, bivalve

McClain Bivalve Sizes

190 mm

(max)

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

World Register of Marine Species
filter feeder
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1252491

Definition: a sub-group of suspension feeding animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water, typically by passing the water over a specialized filtering structure

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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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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 UK

NHMUK

wet body mass

Shelled animal body mass

180 g

(adult, single measurement)
Literature body sizes, bivalves

2020 g

(average)

Giant Pacific Eggcockle

Laevicardium elatum (G. B. Sowerby I 1833)

Body symmetry

body length

body volume

cellularity

ecomorphological guild

ecosystem engineering

extinction status

first appearance

geographic distribution

habitat

last appearance

mineralized skeleton contains

motility

number of fossil occurrences

number of records in gbif

number of records in iNat

number of research grade records in iNat

reproduction

shell height, bivalve

shell length, bivalve

skeleton structure

trophic guild

type specimen repository

wet body mass