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Patinopecten caurinus   (Gould, 1850)

Giant Pacific sea scallop

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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United States (contiguous states) 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 Oregon (Ref. 398); Washington and the Strait of Georgia (Ref. 388). C: Refs. 388, 398; R: Ref. 95344.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Haynes, E.B. and C.R. Hitz, 1971
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Weathervane scallop, ... more

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 2 - 300 m (Ref. 114301), usually 60 - 120 m (Ref. 114306).   Temperate, preferred 7°C (Ref. 107945); 64°N - 36°N, 179°W - 120°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific: From Pribilof Islands, Alaska to Point Sur, California, USA. Temperate to boreal.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 28.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 95344); max. reported age: 15 years (Ref. 8702)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in small depressions on sandy-gravely substrates (Ref. 95344).

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

Ignell, S. and E. Haynes. 2000. (Ref. 386)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.7 - 9.6, mean 5.1 (based on 348 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278) High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.39-0.5; tmax=15).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.