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Mercenaria mercenaria   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Northern quahog

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

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

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

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

वितरण देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 13.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 7726); अधिकतम सूचित उम्र: 9 वर्षो (Ref. 2823)

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ 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 परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा

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 संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

मात्स्यिकी: व्यापारिक
FAO - जलीयकृषि: production, species profile; मात्स्यिकी: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

साधन

अधिक जानकारी

आम नाम
उपशब्द
परभक्षी
पुनरुत्पत्ति
परिपक्व अवधि
मछलीऔ का अंडे देना
Fecundity
अंडे
Egg development
Age/Size
बाढ़
Length-weight
Length-length
आकृति विज्ञान
लार्वा
बहुतायत

इंटरनेट स्रोत

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(जलीयकृषि: species profile; मात्स्यिकी: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, खोज) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.8 - 23.7, mean 13.2 (based on 120 cells).
लौटाव (Ref. 69278) ऊंचा, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी समय अवलागत 15 महीने। (K=0.16-0.5; tmax=9).
Prior r = 0.43, 95% CL = 0.28 - 0.65, Based on 3 data-limited stock assessments.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (25 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.