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Mactra quadrangularis, Venus mactra
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Mactra quadrangularis   Reeve, 1854

Venus mactra

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Japan country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from 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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Venus mactra, ... more

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

Bivalvia > Venerida () > Mactridae (trough shells)

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 20 m (Ref. 356), usually 0 - 20 m (Ref. 75831).   Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found intertidal in sand and mud (Ref. 53).

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

Yoshino, K., K. Yamamoto, Y. Hayami, T. Hamada, T. Kasagi, D. Ueno and K. Ohgushi. 2007. (Ref. 77747)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 17.8 - 25.4, mean 22.4 (based on 138 cells).