Pitar fulminatus

(Menke, 1828) · species

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Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Venerida/Veneridae/Pitar

At a glance

Occurrence records1 165

Data sources7

Biological traits6

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Pitar fulminatus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 165 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

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 sources6 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 165 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Pitar fulminatus, or the lightning venus clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to Brazil and Bermuda.Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 69.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length4.8 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits3

Depth max100 m

Depth min0 m

Vulnerability10

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 Pitar fulminatus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Countries1

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 type1 165 records

Wild obs. + sensor13

Museum / vouchered1 127

Fossil5

Other20

Origin

Native2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 740 km²

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>10 km 8

9 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor13

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 accuracy56% within 1 km

≤100 m 17≤1 km 59≤10 km 40>10 km 19

135 georeferenced · 992 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 127

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 institutions9 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
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	200
Philadelphia, US	64
Chicago, US	53
Washington, US	52
Paris, FR	48
UNICAMPlocation not on record	48
Delaware Museum of Nature and Sciencelocation not on record	42
Cambridge, US	32
Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record	24
UM-RSMASlocation not on record	23
PUC-RSlocation not on record	19
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Unidad Irapuato, Instituto Politécnico Nacionallocation not on record	13
Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Museumlocation not on record	12
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	10
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	8
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	7
CIM-UHlocation not on record	7
North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record	6
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR)location not on record	3
ELMClocation not on record	2
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	2
Champaign, US	2
The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobagolocation not on record	2
Saint John, CA	2
Los Angeles, US	1
SNSDlocation not on record	1
Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (UTCH)location not on record	1
Alabama Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	1
Mexico City, MX	1
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record	1

30 institutions · 687 of 1 127 vouchered records shown · 440 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Pitar fulminatus 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 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.

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Pitar fulminatus

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology1

Habitat & environment2

Other traits3

At a glance

Record type1 165 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions9 of 30 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type1 165 records