Polymesoda arctata   (Deshayes, 1854)

Slender marsh clam

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenidae

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

Benthic.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Atlantic: Southern Caribbean and northern South America.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 4.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 344)

Short description Morphology

Shell outline subtriangular, as high as long, inflated, heavy, slightly pointed posteriorly. Sculpture of well-defined concentric threads. Hinge with 3 cardinal teeth situated under umbo; 1 anterior and 1 posterior lateral tooth. Lateral teeth smooth. Ligament long, narrow. Periostracum with minute scales, fuzzy. Colour: externally cream-white, sometimes tinged with purple or grey, internally white often stained with purple and frequently with darker radial stripes at both ends; periostracum pale or dark brown.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Infaunal in mud or sandy-mud in estuaries, mangrove swamps and coastal lagoons (Ref. 344).

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

Leal, J.H. 2003. (Ref. 344)

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

Fisheries: commercial
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(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

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.