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Mactrotoma Dall 1894

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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ecomorphological guild

Paleobiology Database
infaunal
URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Infaunal

Definition: Benthic animals which live within the seabed.

Attribution: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Infaunal

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(adult)

extinction status

Paleobiology Database
extant
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/extant

Definition: This taxon is still in existence, as opposed to extinct.

Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extant_taxon

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first appearance

Paleobiology Database

28.1 million years ago

(max)
Paleobiology Database
chattian age
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Chattian

Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

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last appearance

Paleobiology Database
holocene epoch
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Holocene

Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

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latitude

OBIS environmental data records

-35.6333 degrees

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

33.766 degrees

(max)

longitude

OBIS environmental data records

32.8133 degrees

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

-118.446 degrees

(min)

mineralized skeleton contains

Mineralogy
aragonite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52239

Definition: Calcium carbonate (CO3Ca), aragonite structure

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motility

Paleobiology Database
facultatively mobile
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/facultativelyMobile

Definition: Organisms that can change location but do so infrequently, e.g., crinoids, some infaunal bivalves.

Attribution: http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html

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(adult)

number of fossil occurrences

Paleobiology Database

57

number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

3048

number of records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

208

number of specimens in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

3

reproduction

Fairbairn 2013
sexual reproduction
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953

Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.

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trophic guild

Paleobiology Database
suspension feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/suspensionFeeder

Definition: An organism which feeds on organisms and/or particles suspended in the water column.

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water depth

OBIS environmental data records

165 m

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water dissolved o2 concentration

OBIS environmental data records

4.855 mL/L

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

4.349 mL/L

(min)

water nitrate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

14.9 µmol/l

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OBIS environmental data records

0.316 µmol/l

(min)

water o2 saturation

OBIS environmental data records

102.579 percent

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

72.103 percent

(min)

water phosphate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

0.038 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

1.323 µmol/l

(max)

water salinity

OBIS environmental data records

36.175 psu

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

35.031 psu

(min)

water silicate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

11.616 µmol/l

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

0.756 µmol/l

(min)

water temperature

OBIS environmental data records

12.092 degrees celsius

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

27.668 degrees celsius

(max)