Ostrea conchaphila, Olympia oyster : fisheries

Ostrea conchaphila   (Carpenter, 1857)

Olympia oyster

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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Ostreida | Ostreidae

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

; brackvatten; djupintervall 0 - 50 m (Ref. 95344).  Tropical; 26°N - 7°N, 110°W - 78°W

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Eastern Central Pacific: Sinaloa, Mexico to Panama.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.0 cm SHD hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 95344)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Maximum shell length is 6.5 cm (Ref. 104102). Found in the intertidal zone, on mud-gravel flats, in tidepools and with freshwater seepage (Ref. 95344). Filter-feeder; feeds on phytoplankton, dissolved organic matter and detritus (Ref. 104102).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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 referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

The British Flora and Fauna Database 2007 The British Flora and Fauna Database. http://www.british-towns.net/nature_menu.asp (Ref. 8593)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 04 October 2011

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Verktyg

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Internet-källor

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, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.6 - 28.7, mean 27.5 (based on 24 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

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