A very common benthic bivalve mollusk of arctic seas

Outside - chalky; Periostracum light brown to dark brown, dull, wrinkled. Periostracum is absent, as a rule, in the umbones areas; Inside - white.

Greenland to Long Island, New York; Bering Sea to Washington

Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Arctic part], Cobscook Bay, European waters (ERMS scope), Gulf of Maine, Manicouagan, North West Atlantic, Saguenay Fjord, Saint Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Estuary, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone

Known from the nearshore.

intertidal, bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary

Depth range based on 435 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 138 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): -0.5 - 720
  Temperature range (°C): -1.602 - 11.782
  Nitrate (umol/L): 1.003 - 26.753
  Salinity (PPS): 13.921 - 35.201
  Oxygen (ml/l): 2.495 - 8.702
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.057 - 2.100
  Silicate (umol/l): 1.066 - 51.234

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): -0.5 - 720

Temperature range (°C): -1.602 - 11.782

Nitrate (umol/L): 1.003 - 26.753

Salinity (PPS): 13.921 - 35.201

Oxygen (ml/l): 2.495 - 8.702

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.057 - 2.100

Silicate (umol/l): 1.066 - 51.234
 
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Infaunal; On silty sand, often with gravel or stones.; Sublitoral mainly; Widespread boreal-arctic

Deposit and filter feeder.

Dioecious; Development with pelagic larvae

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Species: 54
Species With Barcodes: 1