Trachycardium muricatum   (Linnaeus, 1758)

American yellow cockle

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Trachycardium muricatum

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Cardiida | Cardiidae

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 84 m (Ref. 83435).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.0 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435)

Short description Morphology

Shell with circular to oval outline, equivalve, higher than long. Sculpture of 30 to 40 radial ribs with sharp scales. Scales less prominent on central ribs. Hinge well developed. Colour: extremely light cream with irregular patches of brownish red or yellow; internally white, rarely yellowish (Ref. 344).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

It is 5 cm in size (Ref. 344). Maximum depth from Ref. 104365. Buried in sand in moderately shallow subtidal conditions, sometimes in coral reef environments (Ref. 344). Inlet influenced (Ref. 104365).

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

Leal, J.H. 2003. (Ref. 344)

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 |

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Internet sources

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): 25.7 - 28, mean 27.2 (based on 234 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.