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Mya arenaria   Linnaeus, 1758

Softshell clam

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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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 Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Myida () > Myidae ()

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

; Υφάλμυρο; εύρος βάθους 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)

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

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 / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 7726); μεγ. αναφερόμενη ηλικία: 8 έτη (Ref. 2823)

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

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

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες

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 Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

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

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


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά)
FAO - Υδατοκαλλιέργειες: Παραγωγή; αλιεία: landings | FishSource | Η θάλασσα γύρω μας

Εργαλεία

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες

Κοινά ονόματα
Συνώνυμα
Θηρευτές
Αναπαραγωγή
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση
Γεννοβολία
Γονιμότητα
Αβγά
Egg development
Age/Size
Αύξηση
Length-weight
Length-length
Μορφολογία
Προνύμφες
Αφθονία

Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(αλιεία: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 6.4 - 14.5, mean 10.9 (based on 360 cells).
Ελαστικότητα (Ref. 69278) Μεσαίο(α), ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού 1,4 - 4,4 έτη (K=0.14-0.48; tmax=8).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.