Trachycardium muricatum, American yellow cockle : fisheries

Trachycardium muricatum   (Linnaeus, 1758)

American yellow cockle

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

Bivalvia | Cardiida | Cardiidae

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

; djupintervall 0 - 84 m (Ref. 83435).  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Western Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.0 cm DL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 83435)

Short description Morfologi

Shell with circular to oval outline, equivalve, higher than long. Sculpture of 30 to 40 radial ribs with sharp scales. Scales less prominent on central ribs. Hinge well developed. Colour: extremely light cream with irregular patches of brownish red or yellow; internally white, rarely yellowish (Ref. 344).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

It is 5 cm in size (Ref. 344). Maximum depth from Ref. 104365. Buried in sand in moderately shallow subtidal conditions, sometimes in coral reef environments (Ref. 344). Inlet influenced (Ref. 104365).

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

Leal, J.H. 2003. (Ref. 344)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Trophic Ecology
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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(fiskeri: ; 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): 25.7 - 28, mean 27.2 (based on 234 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

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