Anadara secernenda — The Life Data

Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Arcida/Arcidae/Anadara

At a glance

Occurrence records239

Data sources6

Biological traits5

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Anadara secernenda's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility82 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System157 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources5 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS239 records

01Narrative

Anadara baughmani, more commonly known as baughman ark or skewed arkis is a saltwater clam in the family Arcidae, which includes the ark shells. This species is found in the Caribbean Sea, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Brazil. It was discovered in 1851.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length2.2 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits2

Depth max183 m

Depth min0 m

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type239 records

Wild obs. + sensor104

Museum / vouchered129

Fossil6

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO492 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit41

200–1000 m twilight1

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 91.5 m · max 220 m · 42 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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1>10 km 7

8 georeferenced · 96 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor104

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 accuracy26% within 1 km

≤1 km 8≤10 km 11>10 km 12

31 georeferenced · 98 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence129

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 institutions8 of 14 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	16
Cambridge, US	11
Philadelphia, US	10
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	6
Chicago, US	5
Paris, FR	4
Champaign, US	3
Delaware Museum of Nature and Sciencelocation not on record	3
Denver, US	2
Tromsø, NO	1
Alabama Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	1
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR)location not on record	1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	1
Frankfurt am Main	1

14 institutions · 65 of 129 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code