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Zygochlamys delicatula   (Hutton, 1873)

Delicate scallop
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Zygochlamys delicatula

New Zealand country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: New Zealand Fisheries Information Website, 2016
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Otago Peninsula to the Ruahine range, Hawke's Bay (Ref. 111766), South Island, Auckland and Campbell (Ref. 8121). C: Refs. 3204, 111766, 8121, 111773.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Orpin, A.R., P.R. Gammon, T.R. Naish and R.M. Carter, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Bivalvia > Pectinida () > Pectinidae (scallops)

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

Benthic; depth range 70 - 400 m (Ref. 87933).   Temperate, preferred 12°C (Ref. 107945); 33°S - 55°S, 158°E - 179°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southwest Pacific: Kaikoura, New Zealand to Macquarie Island.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 4 - ? cmmax. reported age: 10 years (Ref. 126823)

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 (Ref. 833).

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 - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet sources

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

Estimates based on models

Resilience (Ref. 69278) Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.19; tm=4; tmax=10).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.