Astarte borealis   (Schumacher, 1817)

Boreal Astarte

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Carditida | Astartidae

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

Benthic; depth range 6 - 270 m (Ref. 83435).  Polar; 85°N - 34°N, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northern Pacific, Northern Atlantic and the Arctic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.1 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 360); common length : 2.5 cm male/unsexed; (Ref. 360)

Short description Morphology

Shell: solid, moderately convex valves equivalved and almost equilateral, circular or oval in shape, umbones frequently eroded; thick yellowish periostracum in young individuals, darkish brown to blackish in adults; cream-colored shell; sculpture consists of incised concentric lines sometimes toward the umbo, slightly raised ribs; external ligament takes over half the area posterior to the umbones; heterodont hinge, two cardinal teeth on the right valve and three on the left; smooth outer valve margin; two equal muscle scars (dimyarian, isomyarian) joined by a continuous pallial line (integropaliiate) without a sinus; crossed-lamellae structure. Body: pair of gills each has two series of lamellae extensively fused by interlamellar junctions (eulamellibranch); moderately developed foot.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 117961.

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

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

MarineSpecies.org. 2050. (Ref. 3477)

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

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.1 - 12, mean 2.5 (based on 1889 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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