Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
A very common benthic bivalve mollusk of arctic seas
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Periostracum colorless, pink or yellowish, shiny; Inside - white
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Distribution
Distribution
Saguenay Fjord
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
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Distribution
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Arctic part], North West Atlantic, Saguenay Fjord, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
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MEDIN (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN, version 1.0.
http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149081
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Miller, Roberta. 2011. The St. Anne de Bellevue Arctic Biological Station Collection In Museum collection database, Fisheries and Oceans Canada digital collections, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Quebec
http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=150285
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Bossé, L., B. Sainte-Marie et J. Fournier (1996). Les invertébrés des fonds meubles et la biogéographie du fjord du Saguenay. Rapp. tech. can. sci. halieut. aquat. 2 132: vii + 45 p.
http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=153966
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Ecology
Habitat
Habitat
Known from the nearshore.
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Natural Geography in Shore Areas (NaGISA) database, compiled by Ann Knowlton.
http://www.marinespecies.org/arms/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145467
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Habitat
infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
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Depth range based on 17 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 7 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 4.3 - 155
Temperature range (°C): -1.535 - 6.640
Nitrate (umol/L): 2.479 - 22.690
Salinity (PPS): 30.510 - 34.998
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.837 - 8.304
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.574 - 2.182
Silicate (umol/l): 4.038 - 47.770
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 4.3 - 155
Temperature range (°C): -1.535 - 6.640
Nitrate (umol/L): 2.479 - 22.690
Salinity (PPS): 30.510 - 34.998
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.837 - 8.304
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.574 - 2.182
Silicate (umol/l): 4.038 - 47.770
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 7 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 4.3 - 155
Temperature range (°C): -1.535 - 6.640
Nitrate (umol/L): 2.479 - 22.690
Salinity (PPS): 30.510 - 34.998
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.837 - 8.304
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.574 - 2.182
Silicate (umol/l): 4.038 - 47.770
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 4.3 - 155
Temperature range (°C): -1.535 - 6.640
Nitrate (umol/L): 2.479 - 22.690
Salinity (PPS): 30.510 - 34.998
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.837 - 8.304
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.574 - 2.182
Silicate (umol/l): 4.038 - 47.770
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Infaunal; On silty substrates, often with gravel or stones.; Sublitoral mainly; Widespread boreal-arctic
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Trophic Strategy
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