Glycymeris nummaria, Violet bittersweet : fisheries, bait
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Glycymeris nummaria   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Violet bittersweet

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Glycymeris nummaria  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Arcida | Glycymerididae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 2 - 40 m (Ref. 102075).  Subtropical; 47°N - 28°N, 10°W - 39°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 102075); max. reported age: 20 years (Ref. 102073)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in infralittoral areas and muddy sand (Ref. 104489).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Templado, J. and R. Villanueva 2010 Checklist of Phylum Mollusca. pp. 148-198 In Coll, M., et al., 2010. The biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: estimates, patterns, and threats. PLoS ONE 5(8):36pp. (Ref. 85339)

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

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; bait: occasionally
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Internet sources

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, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 16.5 - 21.6, mean 19.2 (based on 94 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.11; tmax=20).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100).

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