Mactra chinensis, Sunray surf clam
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Mactra chinensis   Philippi, 1846

Sunray surf clam
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Venerida | Mactridae

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

Benthic, usually 0 - 10 m (Ref. 75831).  Subtropical

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northwest Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmmax. reported age: 12 years (Ref. 126555)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found intertidal in sand and mud (Ref. 53).

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

Kikuchi, Y. and N. Tamiya 1987 Chemical taxonomy of the hinge-ligament proteins of bivalves according to their amino acid compositions. Biochem. J. 242:505-510. (Ref. 77746)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Resilience
(Ref. 69278):		 Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.15; tmax=12)
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 (0 of 100).