Siliqua patula   (Dixon, 1789)

Pacific razor

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Adapedonta | Pharidae

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 55 m (Ref. 95344).  Temperate, preferred 5°C (Ref. 107945); 61°N - 35°N, 169°W - 120°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific: Alaska, Canada and USA. From Aleutian Islands to Pismo Beach, California.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 9 - 11.75 cm Max length : 18.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 95344); max. reported age: 19 years (Ref. 126990)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Typically found along the intertidal zone on surf-exposed beaches with siphon shows exposed on the substrate (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

Lassuy, D.R. 1989. (Ref. 78181)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: ; 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): 5.6 - 12.6, mean 8.9 (based on 118 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.59; tm=2; tmax=19).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.
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).