Aptyxis syracusana

(Linnaeus, 1758) · species

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Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Neogastropoda/Fasciolariidae/Aptyxis

At a glance

Occurrence records248

Data sources8

Biological traits2

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections3

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Aptyxis syracusana's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility198 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System50 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page5 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS248 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Aptyxis syracusana, common name Syracusan spindle shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aptyxis syracusana (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448924 on 2020-05-24

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

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 Aptyxis syracusana has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections3

Countries2

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 type248 records

Wild obs. + sensor92

Museum / vouchered139

Other17

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO584 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit13

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 15 m · max 38 m · 13 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 accuracy91% within 1 km

≤100 m 36≤1 km 16>10 km 5

57 georeferenced · 35 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor92

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 accuracy29% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 15≤10 km 21>10 km 26

66 georeferenced · 73 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence139

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 15 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	31
Paris, FR	30
AUTHlocation not on record	10
Brussels, BE	8
Cambridge, US	7
Philadelphia, US	6
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	6
Hellenic Centre of Marine Research; Institute for Oceanographylocation not on record	2
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	2
ULiègelocation not on record	2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	2
Denver, US	1
NTNU-VMlocation not on record	1
Toronto, CA	1
Turkmen Agricultural University named after S.A. Niyazovlocation not on record	1

15 institutions · 110 of 139 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Aptyxis syracusana 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 found3

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median18.4 °C 16.8–20.0

Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.6 °C

Max temp (day)21.9 °C 19.0–24.7

Min temp (night)14.2 °C 14.1–14.2

Precipitation44.6 mm/mo 20.6–68.7

Air humidity56.8 % 54.1–59.6

Moisture balance-73.7 mm/mo -119–-28.5

Vapour deficit987 Pa 816–1,159

Wind speed3.30 m/s 2.40–4.30

Cloud cover32.0 % 26.8–37.1

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · 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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