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Mya arenaria   Linnaeus, 1758

Softshell clam

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed.
Mya arenaria  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Mya arenaria


United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Bradbury, A., B. Blake, C. Speck, D. Rogers, 2005
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Maine (Ref. 317), North America to Mexico (Ref. 1314), Cape Hatteras to Gulf of St. Lawrence (Ref. 7726) and Cotuit, Massachusetts (Ref. 80591); Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina (Ref. 83435). C: Refs. 317, 1314, 7726, 80591, 83435, 94068; R: Ref. 95344.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Beal, B.F., R. Bayer, M.G. Kraus and S.R. Chapman, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Myida () > Myidae ()

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

; brackwasser; tiefenbereich 0 - 192 m (Ref. 78574), usually 0 - 25 m (Ref. 75831).   Temperate, preferred 9°C (Ref. 107945); 77°N - 33°N, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 113928)

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Einführungen

Northwest Atlantic from Nova Scotia to Virginia, North Sea and European waters including the Black, Baltic, Wadden, White and Mediterranean seas, and northeast Pacific from San Francisco to Alaska.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 7726); max. veröff. Alter: 8 Jahre (Ref. 2823)

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 101279. Maximum depth recorded is 329 m (Ref. 101279).

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

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.

Hauptreferenz Referenzen | Koordinator | Partner

Harvey-Clark, C. 1997. (Ref. 7726)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)


CITES Status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: kommerziell
FAO - Aquakultur: production; Fischereien: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Fecundity
Eier
Eientwicklung
Alter/Größe
Wachstum
Länge-Gewicht
Länge-Länge
Morphologie
Larven
Dichte

Internet Quellen

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fischereien: ; publication : search) | GenBank (Genom, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Gehe zu, Suchen) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 6.4 - 14.5, mean 10.9 (based on 360 cells).
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 69278) mittel, Verdopplung der Population dauert 1,4 - 4,4 Jahre. (K=0.14-0.48; tmax=8).
Verwundbarkeit (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766): High.