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 Raphitoma bicolor has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
BINs1
Marker genes1
Countries1
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus4 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 99% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 4 variable positions, in barcode order
Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.
Diversity (π)0.33%
Haplotypes3
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.46%
Europe
Closest relatives by DNA barcode
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ 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 type42 records
Wild obs. + sensor9
Museum / vouchered31
Other2
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO136 km²
Depth
0–200 m sunlit4
200–1000 m twilight0
1–4 km midnight0
>4 km abyssal0
median 15.8 m · max 40 m · 4 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
≤1 km 1
1 georeferenced · 8 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor9
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 accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 1
1 georeferenced · 30 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence31
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 institutions3 of 5 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Paris, FR
11
Stockholm, SE
9
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
5
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
1
Frankfurt am Main
1
5 institutions · 27 of 31 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code
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