Panopea japonica : fisheries

Panopea japonica   Adams, 1850


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

Bivalvia | Adapedonta | Hiatellidae

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

Benthic.  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northwest Pacific: Korea Republic, China and Japan.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 16.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128019); max. published weight: 800.00 g (Ref. 128019)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in shallow water and fine sand (Ref. 75831). Found in shallow water and fine sand (Ref. 53).

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

Beu, A. and A. Kitamura 1998 Exposed coasts vs. sheltered bays: contrast between New Zealand and Japan in the molluscan record of temperature change in Plio-Pleistocene cyclothems. Sedimentary Geology 122:129-149. (Ref. 77625)

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

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.7 - 20.5, mean 14.7 (based on 188 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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