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Tapes platyptycha   Pilsbry, 1901


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Tapes platyptycha  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Japan country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref: Bernard, F.R., Y.Y. Cai and B. Morton, 1993
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Inomote, Miyako, and Okinawa to Honshu.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bernard, F.R., Y.Y. Cai and B. Morton, 1993
National Database:

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Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Bivalvia > Venerida () > Veneridae (venus clams)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 25 m (Ref. 75831).   Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Depth range based on occurrence; to be replaced with a better reference. Found in intertidal areas in fine sand (Ref. 75831).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Bivalvia are mostly gonochoric, some are protandric hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Taylor, J.D. and E.A. Glover. 2004. (Ref. 8021)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses


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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 21.5 - 29.2, mean 28.6 (based on 1742 cells).