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Blood Ark

Mollusks

Blood ark, Lunarca ovalis, formerly classified in the genus Anadara, is a species of clam in the family Arcidae, the ark clams, found along the Atlantic coast of North America from Massachusetts south to the West Indies and Brazil. It lives from the low-tide line down to about ten feet of water, and like other ark clams it is unusual among bivalves for carrying hemoglobin in its blood, the trait that gives the species its common name.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Filter Feeder 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
GNR Unranked 3
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Scientific Name
Lunarca ovalis 5
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 6
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Bivalvia, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Blood Ark

In Biome

Estuary, Biomes
Source SeaLifeBase: Lunarca ovalis summary
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Brazil

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Cuba

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Norway

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United States

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Uruguay

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Sources
1. SeaLifeBase: Lunarca ovalis summary
SeaLifeBase
  • Biology
    Is a suspension feeder, discreetly motile while feeding with its ctenidia, i.e., the comb-like structure functioning as gill in bivalve mollusks (Ref. 78149 ).
  • Human uses
    Fisheries: minor commercial;
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. NatureServe Explorer: Lunarca ovalis
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "GNR"
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Bivalvia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 43
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 43
"cites_listing":"I/II/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Mollusca","class":"Bivalvia","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Huîtres, Moules, Peignes","language":"FR"},{"name":"Clams And Mussels","language":"EN"},{"name":"Almejas, Mejillones","language":"ES"},{"name":"双壳纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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5. Wikipedia: Lunarca ovalis
WikipediaWikidata Q3016943 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
6. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Lunarca ovalis
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 2286227, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 2286227, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Blood Ark
  • Wikidata Q3016943, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Bivalvia, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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