Meretrix casta, Backwater hard clam
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Meretrix casta   (Chemnitz, 1782)

Backwater hard clam

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Venerida | Veneridae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; brackvatten; djupintervall 0 - 6 m (Ref. 105071).  Tropical; 24°N - 9°S, 73°E - 117°E

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.2 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 129771)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Depth range is based on occurrence records in India (Refs. 105071, 105420); to be replaced with a better reference. Found in estuaries on sand (Ref. 105071) and in backwaters (Ref. 105072). Burrows (Ref. 105416). In general, suspension feeding bivalves mainly depend on phytoplankton and detritus material for nutrition (Ref. 107088).

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.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

van der Meij, S.E.T., R.G. Moolenbeek and B.W. Hoeksema 2009 Decline of the Jakarta Bay molluscan fauna linked to human impact. Marine Pollution Bulletin 59:101-107. (Ref. 83672)

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

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Internet-källor

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, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Resiliens (Ref. 69278): Hög, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mindre än 15 månader (K=1.8-2).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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