Anadara secticostata

(Reeve, 1844) · species

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Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Arcida/Arcidae/Anadara

At a glance

Occurrence records1 126

Data sources7

Biological traits5

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections1

Sources7 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility830 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System296 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources5 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS1 126 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

01Narrative

Anadara floridana, also known as Anadara secticostata or the Cut-ribbed ark clam, is a white colored saltwater clam with in the family Arcidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to Texas, including the West Indies.Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 10. Its shell grows up to 100mm, and the periostracum is dark brown. Its shape is slightly inequivalve, oblong and large. It consists of 30–38 curved radial ribs which increase in width towards the edges. These ribs are faintly incised, the groove is longitudinal.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length9 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits2

Depth max110 m

Depth min0 m

05DNA & barcoding1 eDNA hits

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 Anadara secticostata has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 126 records

Wild obs. + sensor278

Museum / vouchered690

Fossil158

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 576 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit128

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 36.6 m · max 82.2 m · 128 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 accuracy86% within 1 km

≤100 m 141≤1 km 40≤10 km 21>10 km 8

210 georeferenced · 68 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor278

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 accuracy35% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 41≤10 km 51>10 km 26

119 georeferenced · 571 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence690

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 institutions7 of 16 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	64
Delaware Museum of Nature and Sciencelocation not on record	61
Chicago, US	47
North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record	30
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	30
Cambridge, US	21
Philadelphia, US	18
Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Museumlocation not on record	9
Denver, US	6
Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Campus Sisal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record	5
Ann Arbor, US	3
Alabama Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	2
The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobagolocation not on record	2
Paleontological Research Institutionlocation not on record	2
EL PASO, US	1
Toronto, CA	1

16 institutions · 302 of 690 vouchered records shown · 121 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Anadara secticostata was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Anadara secticostata

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology1

Habitat & environment2

Other traits2

At a glance

Record type1 126 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions7 of 16 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type1 126 records