Polymesoda arctata, Slender marsh clam : fisheries
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Polymesoda arctata   (Deshayes, 1854)

Slender marsh clam

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Polymesoda arctata  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classificatie / Namen Lokale namen | Synoniemen | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenidae

Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied Ecologie

Benthic.  Tropical

Verspreiding Territories | FAO regio's | Ecosystemen | Voorkomen | Introducties

Western Central Atlantic: Southern Caribbean and northern South America.

Lengte bij maturiteit / Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 4.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 344)

Korte beschrijving Morfologie

Shell outline subtriangular, as high as long, inflated, heavy, slightly pointed posteriorly. Sculpture of well-defined concentric threads. Hinge with 3 cardinal teeth situated under umbo; 1 anterior and 1 posterior lateral tooth. Lateral teeth smooth. Ligament long, narrow. Periostracum with minute scales, fuzzy. Colour: externally cream-white, sometimes tinged with purple or grey, internally white often stained with purple and frequently with darker radial stripes at both ends; periostracum pale or dark brown.

Biologie     Verklarende woordenlijst (bv. epibenthisch)

Infaunal in mud or sandy-mud in estuaries, mangrove swamps and coastal lagoons (Ref. 344).

Levenscyclus en paargedrag Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | 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.

Hoofdreferentie Referenties | Coördinator | Medewerkers

Leal, J.H. 2003 Bivalves. p. 25-98. In Carpenter, K.E. (ed.). The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 1: Introduction, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. 1600p. (Ref. 344)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gevaar voor de mens

  Harmless

Gebruik door de mens

Visserij: commercieel
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Trofische ecologie
Voedsel (prooien)
Dieetsamenstelling
Voedselconsumptie
Predatoren
Ecologie
Populatiedynamica
Groei
Max. leeftijden / maten
Lengte-gewicht rel.
Lengte-lengte rel.
Lengtefrequenties
Massaconversie
Abundantie
Levenscyclus
Voortplanting
Maturiteit
Fecunditeit
Paaien
Eieren
Ontwikkeling van de eieren
Larven
Verspreiding
Fysiologie
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Postzegels, munten, diversen.
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Schattingen op basis van modellen

Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij
(Ref. 71543)
(0 of 100).
Prijsklasse
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.