Donax trunculus, Truncate Donax : fisheries

Donax trunculus   Linnaeus, 1758

Truncate Donax

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Cardiida | Donacidae

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 25 m (Ref. 2758).  Temperate; 61°N - 12°N, 18°W - 44°E (Ref. 78075)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Red Sea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 1.8  range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.4 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2758); common length : 2.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 437)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Depth based on occurrence (Ref. 2758, p. 805); to be replaced with better reference. Minimum depth from Ref. 80266. Vital constituent of infra-littoral benthic fauna of sandy beaches. Preferrentially distributed at depths of 0 to 2 m. (Ref. 122884). Subtidal (Ref. 437), living in fine well sorted clean sand (Ref. 2780). Also found in estuaries (Ref. 122883). An exclusive species of the Superficial Fine Sand (SFS) biocoenosis as it's strictly dependent on the sediment’s nature and composition. Rapid and efficient burrower (Ref. 122884).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Gonochoric.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.). 1981. (Ref. 437)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 12.4 - 21.6, mean 19 (based on 746 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.3-1.93).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

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