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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

Softshell, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Myida () > Myidae ()

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

; estuarina; intervalo de profundidade 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)

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Introduções

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 / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 7726); Idade máx. registada: 8 anos (Ref. 2823)

Biologia     Glossário (ex. epibenthic)

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

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas

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.

Referência principal Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

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

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Não avaliado 

Categoria CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Utilização humana

Pescarias: espécies comerciais
FAO - Aquacultura: produção; pescarias: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Ferramentas

E-book | Guia de campo

Fontes da internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pescarias: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genoma, nucleotídeo) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árvore da vida | Wikipedia (ir para, procurar) | Registo zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 6.4 - 14.5, mean 10.9 (based on 360 cells).
Resiliência (Ref. 69278) Médio, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (K=0.14-0.48; tmax=8).
Vulnerabilidade (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).
Categoria de preço (Ref. 80766): High.