Mimachlamys varia, Variegated scallop : fisheries

Mimachlamys varia   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Variegated scallop

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Pectinida | Pectinidae

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

; djupintervall 0 - 200 m (Ref. 2754).  Subtropical, preferred 16°C (Ref. 107945); 69°N - 15°N, 25°W - 36°E (Ref. 78075)

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea: Norway to Senegal and Turkey.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 109255); rapporterad maxålder: 7 år (Ref. 8702)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 114500. This is a sessile-burrower, suspension feeder (Ref. 96498).

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

Demir, M. 2003 Shells of mollusca collected from the seas of Turkey. Turkey Journal of Zoology 27:101-140. (Ref. 2754)

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


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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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): 11.3 - 16, mean 13.8 (based on 32 cells).
Resiliens (Ref. 69278): Hög, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mindre än 15 månader (K=0.57; tmax=7).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.
Nutrients :  Calcium = 149 [71, 228] mg/100g; Iron = 8.53 [1.95, 15.11] mg/100g; Protein = 9.88 [8.64, 11.12] %; Omega3 = 0.313 [0.202, 0.423] g/100g; Selenium = 61 [50, 72] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 2.04 [0.56, 3.51] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.