Bivalvia | 
Venerida | 
Mesodesmatidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range				
				
					Ekologi				
				
			
			
				;  djupintervall 6 - 8 m (Ref. 113273).  Subtropical, preferred 20°C (Ref. 107945); 33°S -   48°S, 166°E -   175°W			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Southwest Pacific:  New Zealand and Chatham Island.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.0 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 101438)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Intertidal, common near the mouths of estuaries.   Inhabits coarser sediments.  Suspension feeder with short siphons, living near the sediment surface (Ref. 106920).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				SAUP Database 2006 SAUP Database. www.seaaroundus.org. (Ref. 356)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
				Fiskeri: kommersiell			
			
			
				FAO - fiskeri: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us			
			
			
			
			
			
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					Ytterligare information				
				
					 Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Födosammansättning
Födointag
Predatorer
  PhysiologySyreförbrukning
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
							
			
			
			
							
					Resiliens  				
				
				
					Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (K=0.16).				
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).					
				
						
							
					
						Climate Vulnerability  					
					
					High to very high vulnerability (65 of 100).				
						
			
			
			
				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); based on 
nutrient studies.