Polymesoda caroliniana, Carolina marshclam : fisheries

Polymesoda caroliniana   (Bosc, 1801)

Carolina marshclam

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

Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenidae

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

Benthic; brackish; depth range 0 - 2 m (Ref. 83435).  Tropical; 37°N - 18°N, 97°W - 75°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic: Virginia, USA to Campeche Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435)

Short description Morphology

Shell outline subtriangular, as high as long, inflated, heavy. Shell smooth, sculpture absent. Hinge with three cardinal teeth situated under umbo; 1 anterior and 1 posterior lateral tooth. Ligament long, narrow. Periostracum with minute scales, fuzzy, thin. Colour: externally dull white, internally white rarely stained with purple; periostracum glossy brown (Ref. 344).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

It has a total length of 3.5 cm. Fisheries: It is consumed locally boiled, restrictions due to habitat degradation hamper exploitation in parts of area (Ref. 344). It is infaunal in mud or sandy mud in estuaries, mangrove swamps, and coastal lagoons (Ref. 344). Occurs in intertidal areas and in relatively small numbers in shallow nearshore areas (Ref. 104487).

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 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)

  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): 23.2 - 27.4, mean 26.2 (based on 198 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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