Agriopoma texasianum — The Life Data

Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Venerida/Veneridae/Agriopoma

At a glance

Occurrence records237

Data sources6

Biological traits5

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Agriopoma texasianum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility135 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System102 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources5 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS237 records

01Narrative

Agriopoma texasiana, the Texas Venus clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. It can be found in the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Texas.Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 69.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length6.7 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits2

Depth max24 m

Depth min7 m

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type237 records

Wild obs. + sensor58

Museum / vouchered162

Fossil17

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO440 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit83

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 7.6 m · max 33 m · 83 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 accuracy97% within 1 km

≤100 m 32≤1 km 3≤10 km 1

36 georeferenced · 22 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor58

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 accuracy50% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 4≤10 km 3>10 km 2

10 georeferenced · 152 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence162

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 institutions3 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
Washington, US	15
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	14
Philadelphia, US	3
Denver, US	2
UM-RSMASlocation not on record	2
Delaware Museum of Nature and Sciencelocation not on record	2
GCOOSlocation not on record	2
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	1
Alabama Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	1
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record	1

10 institutions · 43 of 162 vouchered records shown · 39 without an institution code