Bivalvia | 
Venerida | 
Mactridae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range				
				
					Ekologi				
				
			
			
				, usually 0 - 10 m (Ref. 75831).  Subtropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Northwest Pacific.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmrapporterad maxålder: 12 år (Ref. 126555)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Found intertidal in sand and mud (Ref. 53).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Kikuchi, Y. and N. Tamiya 1987 Chemical taxonomy of the hinge-ligament proteins of bivalves according to their amino acid compositions. Biochem. J. 242:505-510. (Ref. 77746)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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					Ytterligare information				
				
					 Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Födosammansättning
Födointag
Predatorer
  PhysiologySyreförbrukning
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
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					Resiliens  				
				
				
					Låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 4,5-14 år (K=0.15; tmax=12).