Panopea abrupta, Pacific geoduck clam : fisheries

Panopea abrupta   (Conrad, 1849)

Pacific geoduck clam

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Adapedonta | Hiatellidae

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 110 m (Ref. 78828).  Temperate, preferred 8°C (Ref. 107945); 59°N - 23°N, 129°E - 106°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Pacific Ocean: from Gangwon, South Korea to East Bering Sea, Alaska south to Baja California, Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 21.2 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 78831); max. published weight: 2.8 kg (Ref. 127152); max. reported age: 168 years (Ref. 127152)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Buries in a variety of substrates, mud, sand and gravel, along the intertidal zone (Ref. 95344).

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

Simple annual reproductive cycle: gametogenesis begins in September, spawning begins from March to July.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum. 2005. (Ref. 19)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Aquaculture: production; Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet sources

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 5.7 - 20.6, mean 12.1 (based on 518 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.11-0.49; tm=3.33; tmax=168).
Prior r = 0.37, 95% CL = 0.24 - 0.55, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.
Nutrients :  Calcium = 149 [71, 228] mg/100g; Iron = 8.53 [1.95, 15.11] mg/100g; Protein = 9.88 [8.64, 11.12] %; Omega3 = 0.313 [0.202, 0.423] g/100g; Selenium = 61 [50, 72] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 2.04 [0.56, 3.51] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

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