Cryptomya californica, California softshell

Cryptomya californica   (Conrad, 1837)

California softshell

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

Bivalvia | Myida | Myidae

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

; brackvatten; djupintervall 0 - 80 m (Ref. 95344).  Subtropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Northeast Pacific: Gulf of Alaska, USA, Peru.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.8 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 95344)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Usually found in estuaries, along the intertidal zone buried in mud and sand; may be up to 50 cm or more deep in the substrate; with its short siphon, feeds from burrowing shrimp and echiurid worm burrows (Ref. 95344). Commensal with Urechis caupo (Ref. 1175).

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

Anker, A., G.V. Murina, C. Lira, J.A.V. Caripe, A.R. Palmer and M.S. Jeng. 2005. (Ref. 1175)

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

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.6 - 20.5, mean 10.7 (based on 182 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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