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Mercenaria mercenaria   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Northern quahog

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


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Classification / Names / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Venerida () > Veneridae (venus clams) > Chioninae

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

; tiefenbereich 0 - 36 m (Ref. 83435).   Subtropical, preferred 17°C (Ref. 107945); 49°N - 30°N, 80°E - 65°W (Ref. 83435)

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Einführungen

Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 13.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 7726); max. veröff. Alter: 9 Jahre (Ref. 2823)

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 104365. Found buried in muddy sediment on the lower shore and shallow sublittoral and in bays and estuaries. Prefers sandy environments to depths of 15 m (Ref. 78574).

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | 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.

Hauptreferenz Referenzen | Koordinator | Partner

Harvey-Clark, C. 1997. (Ref. 7726)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES Status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: kommerziell
FAO - Aquakultur: production, Artbeschreibung; Fischereien: landings, Artbeschreibung | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Aquakultur: Artbeschreibung; Fischereien: Artbeschreibung; publication : search) | GenBank (Genom, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Gehe zu, Suchen) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.8 - 23.7, mean 13.2 (based on 120 cells).
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 69278) hoch, Verdopplung der Population dauert weniger als 15 Monate. (K=0.16-0.5; tmax=9).
Prior r = 0.43, 95% CL = 0.28 - 0.65, Based on 3 data-limited stock assessments.
Verwundbarkeit (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (25 of 100).
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766): Very high.