Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801)

Carolina marshclam

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050

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Polymesoda caroliniana AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS

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Polymesoda caroliniana

Classification / Names Tên thường gặp | Các synonym ( Các tên trùng) | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / Mức độ sâu / distribution range Sinh thái học

; Thuộc về nước lợ; Mức độ sâu 0 - 2 m (Tài liệu tham khảo 83435). Tropical; 37°N - 18°N, 97°W - 75°W

Distribution Các nước | Các khu vực của FAO | Các hệ sinh thái | Những lần xuất hiện | Những chỉ dẫn

Western Atlantic: Virginia, USA to Campeche Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Bộ gần gũi / Weight / Age

Chín muồi sinh dục: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm SHL con đực/không giới tính; (Tài liệu tham khảo 83435)

Short description Hình thái học

Shell outline subtriangular, as high as long, inflated, heavy. Shell smooth, sculpture absent. Hinge with three cardinal teeth situated under umbo; 1 anterior and 1 posterior lateral tooth. Ligament long, narrow. Periostracum with minute scales, fuzzy, thin. Colour: externally dull white, internally white rarely stained with purple; periostracum glossy brown (Ref. 344).

It has a total length of 3.5 cm. Fisheries: It is consumed locally boiled, restrictions due to habitat degradation hamper exploitation in parts of area (Ref. 344). It is infaunal in mud or sandy mud in estuaries, mangrove swamps, and coastal lagoons (Ref. 344). Occurs in intertidal areas and in relatively small numbers in shallow nearshore areas (Ref. 104487).

Life cycle and mating behavior Chín muồi sinh dục | Sự tái sinh sản | Đẻ trứng | Eggs | Sự sinh sản | 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.