Arcopagia crassa

(Pennant, 1777) · species

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Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Cardiida/Tellinidae/Arcopagia

At a glance

Occurrence records3 949

Data sources8

Biological traits4

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Arcopagia crassa's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 479 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System1 470 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

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 sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS3 949 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈2 Gbp

01Narrative

Arcopagia crassa (Pennant, 1777) (aus G. B. Sowerby II, 1859: Taf. 3, Fig. 5) Die Dickschalige Tellmuschel (Arcopagia crassa) ist eine Muschelart aus der Familie der Tellmuscheln (Tellinidae), die auch in der Nordsee heimisch ist.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits2

Depth max44 m

Depth min39 m

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 Arcopagia crassa has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Arcopagia crassa 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≈1 959 244 340 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 Arcopagia crassa1.96 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 type3 949 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 353

Museum / vouchered2 222

Fossil23

Other351

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO4 616 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit927

200–1000 m twilight1

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 38.4 m · max 214 m · 928 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 980≤1 km 40≤10 km 238>10 km 1

1 259 georeferenced · 94 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 353

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 accuracy54% within 1 km

≤100 m 36≤1 km 39≤10 km 15>10 km 48

138 georeferenced · 2 084 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 222

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 institutions11 of 30 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
CEFASlocation not on record	733
Institut Francais pour l'Etude de la Merlocation not on record	81
DASSHlocation not on record	47
486location not on record	43
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	42
PNHSlocation not on record	19
Brussels, BE	16
Stockholm, SE	15
RWSlocation not on record	12
Cambridge, US	11
Paris, FR	9
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	8
Frankfurt am Main	4
Biomorlocation not on record	3
MHN-UPlocation not on record	3
SNSDlocation not on record	3
Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Phaxas Expertise Of Marine Fauna (4507)location not on record	3
Copenhagen, DK	2
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record	2
Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record	2
Gothenburg, SE	2
Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record	1
Paleontological Research Institutionlocation not on record	1
Champaign, US	1
Toronto, CA	1
Washington, US	1
Denver, US	1
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record	1
ICM-CSIClocation not on record	1
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	1

30 institutions · 1 069 of 2 222 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

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Arcopagia crassa

At a glance

Sources8 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 type3 949 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions11 of 30 geolocated

Record type3 949 records