Glycymeris nummaria   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Violet bittersweet

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

Bivalvia | Arcida | Glycymerididae

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

Benthic; depth range 2 - 40 m (Ref. 102075).  Subtropical; 47°N - 28°N, 10°W - 39°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 102075); max. reported age: 20 years (Ref. 102073)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in infralittoral areas and muddy sand (Ref. 104489).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Templado, J. and R. Villanueva. 2010. (Ref. 85339)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; bait: occasionally
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Tools

E-book | Field guide

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Internet sources

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, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 16.5 - 21.6, mean 19.2 (based on 94 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.11; tmax=20).