Polymesoda arctata, Slender marsh clam : fisheries

Polymesoda arctata   (Deshayes, 1854)

Slender marsh clam

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

Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenidae

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

.  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Western Central Atlantic: Southern Caribbean and northern South America.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 4.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 344)

Short description Morfologi

Shell outline subtriangular, as high as long, inflated, heavy, slightly pointed posteriorly. Sculpture of well-defined concentric threads. Hinge with 3 cardinal teeth situated under umbo; 1 anterior and 1 posterior lateral tooth. Lateral teeth smooth. Ligament long, narrow. Periostracum with minute scales, fuzzy. Colour: externally cream-white, sometimes tinged with purple or grey, internally white often stained with purple and frequently with darker radial stripes at both ends; periostracum pale or dark brown.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Infaunal in mud or sandy-mud in estuaries, mangrove swamps and coastal lagoons (Ref. 344).

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

Leal, J.H. 2003 Bivalves. p. 25-98. In Carpenter, K.E. (ed.). The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 1: Introduction, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. 1600p. (Ref. 344)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Internet-källor

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Estimates based on models

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.