Arctic Wedgeclam

Mesodesma arctatum (Conrad 1831)

body length

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 28 mm (max)

body volume

• Body mass bivalves: 9.76 cm^3 (average)

geographic distribution

• United States Species List: United States
• World Register of Marine Species: St. Lawrence Estuary
• World Register of Marine Species: St. Lawrence Estuary
• World Register of Marine Species: Saguenay Fjord
• World Register of Marine Species: North West Atlantic

habitat

• World Register of Marine Species: marine benthic
• World Register of Marine Species: intertidal zone

latitude

• OBIS environmental data records: 40.167 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 49.0833 degrees (max)

longitude

• OBIS environmental data records: -71.633 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: -48.5 degrees (max)

shell height, bivalve

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 27.6 mm (max)

shell length, bivalve

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 40 mm (max)

skeleton structure

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

water depth

• OBIS environmental data records: 99 m (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 84 m (min)

water dissolved o2 concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 5.471 mL/L (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 5.471 mL/L (min)

water nitrate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 8.208 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 8.208 µmol/l (min)

water o2 saturation

• OBIS environmental data records: 84.231 percent (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 84.231 percent (max)

water phosphate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 0.706 µmol/l (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 0.706 µmol/l (max)

water salinity

• OBIS environmental data records: 34.202 psu (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 34.202 psu (min)

water silicate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 5.527 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 5.527 µmol/l (min)

water temperature

• OBIS environmental data records: 9.12 degrees celsius (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 9.12 degrees celsius (max)

wet body mass

• Body mass bivalves: 16.9 g (average)