European Wing Shell

Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus 1758)

Body symmetry

• Namigai et al 2014: bilaterally symmetric

are eaten by

• Global Biotic Interactions: Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus 1758) (Common Eagle Ray)

are preyed upon by

• Global Biotic Interactions: Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus 1758) (Common Eagle Ray)

body length

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 130 mm (max)
• Shelled animal body mass: 64 mm (adult, single measurement)
• Femorale: 64 mm (adult, single measurement)

body volume

• Shelled animal body mass: 17.5 cm^3 (adult, single measurement)
• Literature body sizes, bivalves: 182 cm^3 (average)

cellularity

• Cellularity and growth form: multicellular

geographic distribution

• World Register of Marine Species: Spain
• World Register of Marine Species: Mediterranean Sea
• World Register of Marine Species: Black Sea
• World Register of Marine Species: Caribbean Sea
• World Register of Marine Species: Lesser Antilles

habitat

• World Register of Marine Species: marine benthic

introduced range includes

• World Register of Marine Species: Black Sea

latitude

• OBIS environmental data records: -34.91 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: -34.35 degrees (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 22.3023 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 30.2504 degrees (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 55.0205 degrees (max)

longitude

• OBIS environmental data records: -55.94 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: -55 degrees (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: -89.1803 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: -82.3407 degrees (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 15.0923 degrees (max)

mineralized skeleton contains

• Mineralogy: calcium carbonate

reproduction

• Fairbairn 2013: sexual reproduction

shell height, bivalve

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 130 mm (max)

shell length, bivalve

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 80 mm (max)

skeleton structure

• World Register of Marine Species: condensed
• World Register of Marine Species: exoskeleton

type specimen repository

• GBIF national node type records Germany: museum für naturkunde berlin (zoological collections) (zmb)
• GBIF national node type records Germany: museum für naturkunde berlin (zoological collections) (zmb)
• GBIF national node type records Germany: museum für naturkunde berlin (zoological collections) (zmb)
• GBIF national node type records UK: NHMUK

water depth

• OBIS environmental data records: 110 m (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 2.4 m (min)

water dissolved o2 concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 3.719 mL/L (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 4.814 mL/L (max)

water nitrate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 0.991 µmol/l (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 11.75 µmol/l (max)

water o2 saturation

• OBIS environmental data records: 99.921 percent (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 70.25 percent (min)

water phosphate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 0.182 µmol/l (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 0.803 µmol/l (max)

water salinity

• OBIS environmental data records: 35.93 psu (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 36.938 psu (max)

water silicate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 3.136 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 1.49 µmol/l (min)

water temperature

• OBIS environmental data records: 23.522 degrees celsius (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 18.804 degrees celsius (min)

wet body mass

• Shelled animal body mass: 30.6 g (adult, single measurement)
• Literature body sizes, bivalves: 315 g (average)