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Gari californica   (Conrad, 1849)

California sunsetclam

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

Bivalvia | Cardiida | Psammobiidae

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 170 m (Ref. 95344).  Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northeast Pacific: Canada.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 14.9 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 95344)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Buries in gravel about 15 to 20 cm deep along the intertidal zone (Ref. 95344).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Lamb, A., D. Gibbs and C. Gibbs. 2011. (Ref. 93817)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  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): 4.3 - 10.4, mean 6.9 (based on 180 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.