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Meretrix lusoria   (Röding, 1798)

Poker chip venus

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: Cheng, C.F., S.W. Hung, Y.C. Chang, M.H. Chen, C.H. Chang, L.T. Tsou, C.Y. Tu, Y.H.' Lin, P.C. Liu, S.L. Lin and W.S. Wang, 2012
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: O: Ref. 94602, 94609.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Liu, C.W., C.P. Liang, K.H. Lin, C.S. Jang, S.W. Wang, Y.K. Huang and Y.M. Hsueh, 2007
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Japanese hard clam, ... more

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; freshwater; depth range 0 - 20 m (Ref. 356).   Temperate, preferred 17°C (Ref. 107945); 40°N - 9°S, 97°E - 141°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northwest Pacific: from Thailand to Japan and Indonesia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.0 cm ShL male/unsexed; (Ref. 356)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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

SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)

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

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

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

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Internet sources

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 15.1 - 25.3, mean 21 (based on 215 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.