A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aclyvolva lanceolata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens15
BINs2
Marker genes1
Countries1
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P657 bp consensus14 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 97% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 17 variable positions, in barcode order
Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.
Diversity (π)0.55%
Haplotypes7
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.91%
Other
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type105 records
Wild obs. + sensor49
Museum / vouchered53
Other3
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO224 km²
Depth
0–200 m sunlit5
200–1000 m twilight0
1–4 km midnight0
>4 km abyssal0
median 18.6 m · max 100 m · 5 records with depth
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy77% within 1 km
≤100 m 18≤1 km 15≤10 km 2>10 km 8
43 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor49
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy56% within 1 km
≤1 km 10≤10 km 8
18 georeferenced · 35 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence53
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions4 of 10 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territorylocation not on record
24
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
4
Denver, US
2
Paris, FR
2
Washington, US
2
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record
2
CASlocation not on record
1
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
Manazuru Endo Shell Museumlocation not on record
1
Sydney, AU
1
10 institutions · 40 of 53 vouchered records shown
