Antalis vulgaris

(da Costa, 1778) · species

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Animalia/Mollusca/Scaphopoda/Dentaliida/Dentaliidae/Antalis

At a glance

Occurrence records2 408

Data sources10

Biological traits4

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Antalis vulgaris's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 968 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System440 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page6 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS2 408 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈4.1 Gbp

01Narrative

Antalis vulgaris, commonly known as the common tusk shell, is a species of scaphopods mainly encountered on sandy bottoms from 5 to 1000 meters depth.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits2

Depth max1 000 m

Depth min5 m

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 Antalis vulgaris has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Marker genes sequenced

18S-5P

ribosomal

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Antalis vulgaris 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≈4 073 218 234 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

HUMAN3.2 Gb

THIS GENOME Antalis vulgaris4.07 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 type2 408 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 342

Museum / vouchered807

Fossil17

Other242

Origin

Native4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 828 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit153

200–1000 m twilight2

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 50 m · max 413 m · 155 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 accuracy65% within 1 km

≤100 m 575≤1 km 141≤10 km 383>10 km 8

1 107 georeferenced · 235 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 342

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 accuracy64% within 1 km

≤100 m 46≤1 km 168≤10 km 96>10 km 26

336 georeferenced · 471 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence807

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 institutions15 of 29 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	233
Institut Francais pour l'Etude de la Merlocation not on record	137
486location not on record	58
CEFASlocation not on record	46
Cambridge, US	29
Paris, FR	23
Barcelona, ES	20
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	16
Frankfurt am Main	12
DASSHlocation not on record	9
PNHSlocation not on record	7
Station Biologique de Roscoff (EDMO:521)location not on record	7
SNSDlocation not on record	6
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	6
Brussels, BE	5
Stockholm, SE	4
Auckland, NZ	4
Philadelphia, US	3
Champaign, US	3
Denver, US	2
Banyoles, ES	2
Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente dell'Università Politecnica delle Marche \| Department of Life and Environmental Sciences of the Marche Polytechnic Universitylocation not on record	2
Salzburg, AT	2
Helsinki, FI	2
New Haven, US	2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	1
ULiègelocation not on record	1
AUTHlocation not on record	1
Toronto, CA	1

29 institutions · 644 of 807 vouchered records shown · 12 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Antalis vulgaris 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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Antalis vulgaris

At a glance

Sources10 archives

Habitat & environment2

Other traits2

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type2 408 records

Origin

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions15 of 29 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type2 408 records