Solen capensis — The Life Data

Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Adapedonta/Solenidae/Solen

At a glance

Occurrence records135

Data sources4

Biological traits3

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Solen capensis's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility85 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System50 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources3 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS135 records

01Narrative

Solen capensis is een tweekleppigensoort uit de familie van de Solenidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1881 door P. Fischer.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Uses & economy1

Commercial importancecommercial

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type135 records

Wild obs. + sensor27

Museum / vouchered104

Other4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO212 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit1

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 30 m · max 30 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 1

3 georeferenced · 24 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor27

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 accuracy36% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 3≤10 km 5>10 km 2

11 georeferenced · 93 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence104

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 institutions8 of 14 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
ELMClocation not on record	19
Paris, FR	16
Washington, US	11
Cambridge, US	4
Sydney, AU	3
Institut Francais pour l'Etude de la Merlocation not on record	3
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	2
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	2
Champaign, US	2
Denver, US	1
Philadelphia, US	1
Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO)location not on record	1
Delaware Museum of Nature and Sciencelocation not on record	1
Brussels, BE	1

14 institutions · 67 of 104 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code