Senilia senilis — The Life Data

Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Arcida/Arcidae/Senilia

At a glance

Occurrence records199

Data sources6

Biological traits5

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Senilia senilis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility178 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System21 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 · OBIS199 records

01Narrative

Senilia is a genus of edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Arcidae, the ark shells. It contains a single species, Senilia senilis.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length13.5 cm

Life cycle & reproduction1

Max. longevity360 months

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits1

Vulnerability46.93

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type199 records

Wild obs. + sensor93

Museum / vouchered101

Fossil3

Other2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO528 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit1

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 50 m · max 50 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 accuracy75% within 1 km

≤100 m 45≤1 km 7≤10 km 3>10 km 14

69 georeferenced · 24 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor93

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 accuracy19% within 1 km

≤1 km 12≤10 km 41>10 km 9

62 georeferenced · 39 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence101

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 12 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Cambridge, US	19
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	16
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record	16
Philadelphia, US	10
Paris, FR	8
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record	6
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	3
Frankfurt am Main	3
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	2
Denver, US	1
Toronto, CA	1
Paleontological Research Institutionlocation not on record	1

12 institutions · 86 of 101 vouchered records shown