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Mya arenaria   Linnaeus, 1758

Softshell clam

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Bradbury, A., B. Blake, C. Speck, D. Rogers, 2005
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Maine (Ref. 317), North America to Mexico (Ref. 1314), Cape Hatteras to Gulf of St. Lawrence (Ref. 7726) and Cotuit, Massachusetts (Ref. 80591); Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina (Ref. 83435). C: Refs. 317, 1314, 7726, 80591, 83435, 94068; R: Ref. 95344.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Beal, B.F., R. Bayer, M.G. Kraus and S.R. Chapman, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Softshell, ... more

Classification / Names / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Myida () > Myidae ()

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

; खारा; गहराई सीमा 0 - 192 m (Ref. 78574), usually 0 - 25 m (Ref. 75831).   Temperate, preferred 9°C (Ref. 107945); 77°N - 33°N, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 113928)

वितरण देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Northwest Atlantic from Nova Scotia to Virginia, North Sea and European waters including the Black, Baltic, Wadden, White and Mediterranean seas, and northeast Pacific from San Francisco to Alaska.

Length at first maturity / आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 7726); अधिकतम सूचित उम्र: 8 वर्षो (Ref. 2823)

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 101279. Maximum depth recorded is 329 m (Ref. 101279).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा

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 संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

Harvey-Clark, C. 1997. (Ref. 7726)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

मात्स्यिकी: व्यापारिक
FAO - जलीयकृषि: production; मात्स्यिकी: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

साधन

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अधिक जानकारी

देश
ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र
Ecosystems
संयोग
भूमिका
Stocks
पारिस्थितिकी
आहार
खाद्य पदार्थ
आम नाम
उपशब्द
परभक्षी
पुनरुत्पत्ति
परिपक्व अवधि
मछलीऔ का अंडे देना
Fecundity
अंडे
Egg development
Age/Size
बाढ़
Length-weight
Length-length
आकृति विज्ञान
लार्वा
बहुतायत
संदर्भ
Mass conversion
सहयोगीयो
तस्वीरे

इंटरनेट स्रोत

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(मात्स्यिकी: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, खोज) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 6.4 - 14.5, mean 10.9 (based on 360 cells).
लौटाव (Ref. 69278) माध्यम, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी होने का समय 1.4 - 4.4 वर्ष। (K=0.14-0.48; tmax=8).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.