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Donax variabilis   Say, 1822

Variable coquina

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Donax variabilis  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Venezuela country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Margarita Island (Ref. 105835). C: Ref. 105835; M: Ref. 105835; O: Ref. 105835.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rodriguez, G., 1959
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Variable coquina, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Tên thường gặp | Các synonym ( Các tên trùng) | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Cardiida () > Donacidae (donax clams)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Sinh thái học

; Thuộc về nước lợ; Mức độ sâu 0 - 11 m (Ref. 83435).   Subtropical; 42°N - 10°N, 98°W - 63°W

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

Western Atlantic: North America, from New York to Texas and Mexico, throughout the Gulf of Mexico. The Sea of Marmara and the Mediterranean: Introduced in Egypt and Turkey. Tropical to subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Bộ gần gũi / Khối lượng (Trọng lượng) / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.9 cm DL con đực/không giới tính; (Ref. 83435); Tuổi cực đại được báo cáo: 1.00 các năm (Ref. 8702)

Sinh học     Tự điển (thí dụ epibenthic)

Found in the intertidal zone on coarse-grained (Ref. 104171) sandy beaches (Refs. 104348, 104171). Some migrate up and down the beach with the tides (Ref. 104348). Actively migrates by jumping out of the sand and riding specific waves (Ref. 104171). Filter-feeder (Ref. 104245). Feeds on phytoplankton, algae, detritus, bacteria and other small suspended particles via its short siphons (Ref. 104246).

Life cycle and mating behavior Chín muồi sinh dục | Sự tái sinh sản | Đẻ trứng | Các trứng | Sự sinh sản | Ấu trùng

Semelparous species (Ref. 104352). 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 (Ref. 833).

Main reference Các tài liệu tham khảo | Người điều phối | Người cộng tác

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

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Các công cụ

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Các nguồn internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Cây Đời sống | Wikipedia (Go, tìm) | Tạp chí Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.4 - 28, mean 26.8 (based on 348 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.