Turton's Wedge Clam

Mesodesma deauratum (W. Turton 1822)

body length

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 25 mm (max)

body volume

• Body mass bivalves: 8.71 cm^3 (average)

geographic distribution

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

habitat

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

latitude

• OBIS environmental data records: 44.85 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 44.85 degrees (max)

longitude

• OBIS environmental data records: -65.4 degrees (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: -65.4 degrees (min)

shell height, bivalve

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 25.3 mm (max)

shell length, bivalve

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 40 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

wet body mass

• Body mass bivalves: 15.1 g (average)