Apataxia cerithiiformis

(Tryon, 1887) · species

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Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Littorinimorpha/Rissoinidae/Apataxia

At a glance

Occurrence records534

Data sources6

Biological traits2

DNA specimens6

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Apataxia cerithiiformis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility261 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System273 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS534 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD6 specimens

01Narrative

Rissoina cerithiiformis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

05DNA & barcoding6 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 Apataxia cerithiiformis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens6

BINs2

Marker genes1

Countries1

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P658 bp consensus6 specimens

ACGT

▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies

Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 97% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Diversity (π)1.7%

Haplotypes2

BINs2

Most divergent pair3.0%

Where individuals differ — all 21 variable positions, in barcode order

28Avariable

55Gvariable

61Gvariable

154Cvariable

187Tvariable

193Cvariable

196Avariable

235Cvariable

268Gvariable

280Gvariable

287Tvariable

292Gvariable

307Cvariable

316Tvariable

347Cvariable

385Tvariable

475Tvariable

514Gvariable

539Cvariable

559Gvariable

655Cvariable

AACTTTATATATTTTATTTGGTATGTGATCAGGTCTTGTAGGAACTGCACTGAGGTTGCTGATTCGAGCGGAGCTCGGGCAGCCTGGGGC …

Closest relatives by DNA barcode

The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.

Rissoina ambiguasame family17.8%

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 type534 records

Wild obs. + sensor37

Museum / vouchered497

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 144 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit11

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 20 m · max 149 m · 11 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 accuracy80% within 1 km

≤100 m 4>10 km 1

5 georeferenced · 32 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor37

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 accuracy74% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤1 km 113≤10 km 32>10 km 10

161 georeferenced · 336 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence497

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 institutions6 of 10 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Paris, FR	138
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	65
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	13
Denver, US	10
Washington, US	6
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	3
Wellington, NZ	1
Paleontological Research Institutionlocation not on record	1
Auckland, NZ	1
Ann Arbor, US	1

10 institutions · 239 of 497 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code

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