Blood Ark Clam

Lunarca ovalis (Bruguière 1789)

body length

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 60 mm (max)

body volume

• Body mass bivalves: 49.1 cm^3 (average)

geographic distribution

• United States Species List: United States
• United States Species List: United States
• World Register of Marine Species: Cuba
• World Register of Marine Species: Caribbean Sea
• World Register of Marine Species: Puerto Rico

habitat

• World Register of Marine Species: marine benthic
• World Register of Marine Species: marine benthic
• Environments EOL: low tide zone
• Environments EOL: coastal

harvested in

• FAO Fishery Statistics: United States

have endoparasite

• World Register of Marine Species: Dioecotaenia cancellata (Linton 1890) Schmidt 1969 (adult)

latitude

• OBIS environmental data records: -34.63 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 44 degrees (max)

longitude

• OBIS environmental data records: -97.7937 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: -41.73 degrees (max)

shell height, bivalve

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 59.5 mm (max)

shell length, bivalve

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 64 mm (max)

skeleton structure

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

water depth

• OBIS environmental data records: 1.8 m (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 119 m (max)

water dissolved o2 concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 6.535 mL/L (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 4.697 mL/L (min)

water nitrate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 0.289 µmol/l (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 6.641 µmol/l (max)

water o2 saturation

• OBIS environmental data records: 102.579 percent (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 93.909 percent (min)

water phosphate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 0.038 µmol/l (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 0.737 µmol/l (max)

water salinity

• OBIS environmental data records: 35.844 psu (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 32.546 psu (min)

water silicate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 4.495 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 0.868 µmol/l (min)

water temperature

• OBIS environmental data records: 27.668 degrees celsius (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 6.405 degrees celsius (min)

wet body mass

• Body mass bivalves: 85 g (average)