Arcuatula papyria — The Life Data

Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Mytilida/Mytilidae/Arcuatula

At a glance

Occurrence records845

Data sources6

Biological traits5

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Arcuatula papyria's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility261 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System584 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources5 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS845 records

01Narrative

Amygdalum papyrium, common name the Atlantic paper mussel, is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae, the true mussels. This species occurs along the Atlantic coast of North America, from Maryland to Florida, as well as in the Gulf of Mexico, from Texas to Mexico.Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 18.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length2.2 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits2

Depth max38 m

Depth min0 m

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type845 records

Wild obs. + sensor330

Museum / vouchered515

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 664 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit267

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 1.5 m · max 183 m · 267 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 5≤1 km 2

7 georeferenced · 323 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor330

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 1≤1 km 13≤10 km 12>10 km 11

37 georeferenced · 478 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence515

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
Washington, US	21
Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Museumlocation not on record	15
Delaware Museum of Nature and Sciencelocation not on record	14
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	12
Philadelphia, US	12
Chicago, US	11
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	6
Alabama Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	3
Denver, US	2
Cambridge, US	2
UM-RSMASlocation not on record	2
Paleontological Research Institutionlocation not on record	2
GCOOSlocation not on record	2
North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record	1
Champaign, US	1

15 institutions · 106 of 515 vouchered records shown · 146 without an institution code