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Crassadoma gigantea   (Gray, 1825)

Giant rock-scallop

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Crassadoma gigantea  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Alaska country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Prince William Sound (Ref. 95344). C: Ref. 93916; R: Ref. 95344.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/FISH.GAME/adfghome.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Marliave, J.B., C.J. Gibbs, D.M. Gibbs, A.O. Lamb and S.J.F. Young, 2011
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Bivalvia > Pectinida () > Pectinidae (scallops)

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 80 m (Ref. 95344).   Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northeast Pacific: Alaska, USA and Canada.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 25.0 cm SHH male/unsexed; (Ref. 95344)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Feeds on dinoflagellates and detritus (Ref. 112932).

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

Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum. 2005. (Ref. 19)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.2 - 12.8, mean 9.4 (based on 84 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.