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Mercenaria mercenaria   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Northern quahog

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 New Brunswick to northeastern USA (Ref. 7726); Rhode Island and Florida (Ref. 7693); and, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Florida: East Florida (Ref. 83435). C: Refs. 7693, 7726, 83435, 85292.
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: Vakily, J.M., 1992
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

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

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

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

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 13.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7726); âge max. reporté: 9 années (Ref. 2823)

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. 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 Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

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.

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

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

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Non évalué 

statut CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial
FAO - Aquaculture: production, species profile; pêcheries: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Introductions
Stocks
Écologie
Régime alimentaire
Éléments du régime alimentaire
Noms communs
Synonymes
Prédateurs
Reproduction
Maturité
Frai
Fécondité
Œufs
Développement de l'œuf

Sources Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Aquaculture: species profile; pêcheries: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Arbre de Vie | Wikipedia (Go, chercher) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.8 - 23.7, mean 13.2 (based on 120 cells).
Résilience (Ref. 69278) Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=0.16-0.5; tmax=9).
Prior r = 0.43, 95% CL = 0.28 - 0.65, Based on 3 data-limited stock assessments.
Vulnérabilité (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (25 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Very high.