Arcuatula perfragilis — The Life Data

Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Mytilida/Mytilidae/Arcuatula

At a glance

Occurrence records110

Data sources6

Biological traits4

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility103 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System7 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS110 records

01Narrative

Arcuatula perfragilis is a bivalve mollusc of the mussel family, Mytilidae, which has an Indo-Pacific distribution including the Red Sea. It has invaded the eastern Mediterranean from the Red Sea by way of the Suez Canal, a process known as Lessepsian migration.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits2

Depth max30 m

Depth min0 m

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type110 records

Wild obs. + sensor6

Museum / vouchered11

Fossil93

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO40 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit1

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 60 m · max 60 m · 1 record 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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor6

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 11 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence11

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

Institution	Specimens
Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, Ltd. The National Institute of Oceanographylocation not on record	9
CASlocation not on record	1

2 institutions · 10 of 11 vouchered records shown