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Mesodesma donacium   unspecified

Macha clam

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Chile country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Isla de Chiloe (Ref. 106909), Coquimbo Bay (Ref. 114599), Mehuin (Ref. 114600), and Hornitos (Ref. 114601). C: Refs. 90098, 92479, 106909; O: Refs. 114599, 114600, 114601, 114602.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ci.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Servicio Nacional de Pesca y Acuicultura., 2011
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

> Venerida () > Mesodesmatidae (wedge clams)

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

; djupintervall 0 - 20 m (Ref. 114693).   Tropical, preferred 15°C (Ref. 107945); 5°S - 43°S, 81°W - 70°W (Ref. 114682)

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Southern Pacific: From Sechura, Peru to Chiloé, Chile. Tropical and subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.0 cm ShL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. )

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Lives in the swash zone of exposed high-energy intermediate and dissipative sandy beaches. Usually burrows to a depth of around 10 cm, but can reach 25 cm if disturbed. Adults are mainly restricted to the surf zone while most of the juveniles to the swash zone (Ref. 106909). Intertidal to subtidal (Ref. 113820).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

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 referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
FAO - fiskeri: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet-källor

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 11.8 - 21.9, mean 17.4 (based on 30 cells).
Resiliens (Ref. 69278) Hög, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mindre än 15 månader (K=1.13).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.