Amblema elliottii — The Life Data

Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Unionida/Unionidae/Amblema

At a glance

Occurrence records173

Data sources4

Biological traits2

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Amblema elliottii's data was compiled from.

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility173 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF173 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat freshwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

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 Amblema elliottii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

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 type173 records

Wild obs. + sensor16

Museum / vouchered157

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO376 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy73% within 1 km

≤100 m 11>10 km 4

15 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor16

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 accuracy53% within 1 km

≤1 km 9≤10 km 6>10 km 2

17 georeferenced · 140 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence157

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 11 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Montgomery, US	38
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	33
Philadelphia, US	27
The Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversitylocation not on record	22
North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record	12
Alabama Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	8
Cambridge, US	7
Champaign, US	4
Delaware Museum of Nature and Sciencelocation not on record	3
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	2
Paleontological Research Institutionlocation not on record	1

11 institutions · 157 of 157 vouchered records shown