Anomalocardia flexuosa

(Linnaeus, 1767) · species

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Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Venerida/Veneridae/Anomalocardia

At a glance

Occurrence records1 070

Data sources10

Biological traits8

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections37

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Anomalocardia flexuosa's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility713 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System357 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI37 eDNA detections↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources8 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS1 070 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries37 detections

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈1.1 Gbp

01Narrative

Anomalocardia flexuosa is a species of bivalves belonging to the family Veneridae. The species is found in the Americas and Malesia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length3.66 cm

Life cycle & reproduction1

Max. longevity36 months

Habitat & environment3

Habitat brackishyes

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Uses & economy1

Commercial importancecommercial

Other traits2

Depth max5 m

Depth min0 m

05DNA & barcoding37 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 Anomalocardia flexuosa has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections37

Countries1

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Anomalocardia flexuosa carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈1 090 751 803 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Anomalocardia flexuosa1.09 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelChromosome

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 070 records

Wild obs. + sensor455

Museum / vouchered578

Fossil36

Other1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 812 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit33

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 0.1 m · max 8 m · 33 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 accuracy81% within 1 km

≤100 m 226≤1 km 73≤10 km 49>10 km 19

367 georeferenced · 88 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor455

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 accuracy38% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 35≤10 km 45>10 km 15

97 georeferenced · 481 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence578

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 19 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record	103
Cambridge, US	55
Philadelphia, US	30
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	18
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	12
Delaware Museum of Nature and Sciencelocation not on record	12
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	10
Paris, FR	9
UM-RSMASlocation not on record	9
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	5
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR)location not on record	4
Universidad del Valle de Guatemalalocation not on record	2
Denver, US	2
Sistema de Colecciones Biológicas, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala location not on record	2
IEO-COMA-CSIClocation not on record	2
Paleontological Research Institutionlocation not on record	2
Champaign, US	2
Auckland, NZ	1
Washington, US	1

19 institutions · 281 of 578 vouchered records shown · 11 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA37 detections

Where the DNA of Anomalocardia flexuosa 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 found37

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 37 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median24.1 °C 24.1–24.1

Seasonal swing summer↔winter3.50 °C

Max temp (day)28.0 °C

Min temp (night)20.7 °C

Precipitation183 mm/mo

Air humidity66.7 %

Moisture balance23.4 mm/mo

Vapour deficit998 Pa

Wind speed2.00 m/s

Cloud cover27.4 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

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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Anomalocardia flexuosa

At a glance

Sources10 archives

Size & morphology1

Life cycle & reproduction1

Habitat & environment3

Uses & economy1

Other traits2

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type1 070 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions7 of 19 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 070 records