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Mya arenaria   Linnaeus, 1758

Softshell clam

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Myida () > Myidae ()

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

; brackwasser; tiefenbereich 0 - 192 m (Ref. 78574), usually 0 - 25 m (Ref. 75831).   Temperate, preferred 9°C (Ref. 107945); 77°N - 33°N, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 113928)

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Einführungen

Northwest Atlantic from Nova Scotia to Virginia, North Sea and European waters including the Black, Baltic, Wadden, White and Mediterranean seas, and northeast Pacific from San Francisco to Alaska.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 7726); max. veröff. Alter: 8 Jahre (Ref. 2823)

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

Minimum depth from Ref. 101279. Maximum depth recorded is 329 m (Ref. 101279). Lives in burrows in sand, mud, sandy mud and sandy gravels from the mid shore to the shallow sublittoral, sometimes to a depth of 192 m (Ref. 78574). Commonly found in estuarine areas, buried in substrate 10 to 20 cm deep (Ref. 95344). In the Vainameri (north-eastern Baltic Sea), abundant in silty substrate (Ref. 95753). Deposit/filter feeders (Ref. 95728). Identified as an ecologically important benthic species of the Baltic Sea, mainly as part of the food base of fishes and its contribution to biofiltration and biosedimentation processes (Ref. 95774). A microvore that feeds on organic detritus (Ref. 96352). Found both in intertidal mudflat and estuary (Ref. 2823).

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; Fischereien: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 6.4 - 14.5, mean 10.9 (based on 360 cells).
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 69278) mittel, Verdopplung der Population dauert 1,4 - 4,4 Jahre. (K=0.14-0.48; tmax=8).
Verwundbarkeit (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766): High.