Xylophaga atlantica H. G. Richards 1942

Body symmetry

• Namigai et al 2014: bilaterally symmetric

body length

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 11 mm (max)

body volume

• Literature body sizes, bivalves: 0.575 cm^3 (average)

cellularity

• Cellularity and growth form: multicellular

geographic distribution

• United States Species List: United States
• North Atlantic Species List: North Atlantic
• Gulf of St Lawrence Species List: Gulf Of Saint Lawrence
• Canada Species List: Canada

latitude

• OBIS environmental data records: 9.76028 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 44.85 degrees (max)

longitude

• OBIS environmental data records: -76.2958 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: -65.4 degrees (max)

mineralized skeleton contains

• Mineralogy: aragonite

reproduction

• Fairbairn 2013: sexual reproduction

shell height, bivalve

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 10.5 mm (max)

shell length, bivalve

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 12 mm (max)

water depth

• OBIS environmental data records: 60 m (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 458 m (max)

water dissolved o2 concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 4.904 mL/L (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 4.196 mL/L (min)

water nitrate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 22.483 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 11.073 µmol/l (min)

water o2 saturation

• OBIS environmental data records: 72.152 percent (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 66.193 percent (min)

water phosphate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 1.471 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 0.834 µmol/l (min)

water salinity

• OBIS environmental data records: 35.54 psu (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 34.769 psu (min)

water silicate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 16.679 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 8.206 µmol/l (min)

water temperature

• OBIS environmental data records: 12.941 degrees celsius (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 4.074 degrees celsius (min)

wet body mass

• Literature body sizes, bivalves: 0.994 g (average)