Bivalvia |
Venerida |
Veneridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 356). Temperate, preferred 5°C (Ref. 107945); 61°N - 37°N, 165°W - 122°W
Eastern Pacific: from southeast Bering Sea and Prince William Sound, Alaska south to Monterey, California, USA.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 13.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 95344); max. reported age: 26 years (Ref. 122788)
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.
Lamb, A., D. Gibbs and C. Gibbs. 2011. (Ref. 93817)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
| FishSource | Sea Around Us
Tools
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 6.1 - 11.5, mean 8.9 (based on 100 cells).
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).
