Mikadotrochus hirasei — The Life Data

Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Pleurotomariida/Pleurotomariidae/Mikadotrochus

At a glance

Occurrence records85

Data sources8

Biological traits2

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Mikadotrochus hirasei's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility61 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System24 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page5 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 · OBIS85 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Mikadotrochus hirasei, common name the emperor's slit shell, is a species of large deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

05DNA & barcoding2 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 Mikadotrochus hirasei has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

Marker genes sequenced

18S-5P

ribosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type85 records

Wild obs. + sensor2

Museum / vouchered82

Other1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO160 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit6

200–1000 m twilight3

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 180 m · max 550 m · 9 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 accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 2

2 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor2

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 accuracy13% within 1 km

≤1 km 5≤10 km 21>10 km 14

40 georeferenced · 42 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence82

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 institutions4 of 13 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	17
Philadelphia, US	16
Cambridge, US	8
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	4
Brussels, BE	3
Denver, US	2
Toyohashi Museum Of Natural Historylocation not on record	2
Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	1
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record	1
CASlocation not on record	1
Paleontological Research Institutionlocation not on record	1
Yokosuka City Museumlocation not on record	1
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	1

13 institutions · 58 of 82 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Mikadotrochus hirasei 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 found2

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 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.

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.