Mesodesma mactroides   Reeve, 1854

Yellow clam

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

| Venerida | Mesodesmatidae

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

; djupintervall 0 - 1 m (Ref. 83435).  Tropical; 22°S - 42°S, 63°W - 41°W (Ref. 83435)

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Southwestern Atlantic: from Ilha Grande (Brazil), Barra del Chuy to La Coronilla (Uruguay), to Isla del Jabali (Argentina).

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.7 cm DL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 83435)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 105582. Intertidal (Ref. 105578). Found on sandy beaches (Ref. 105576). Suspension feeder (Ref. 105583). Feeds on the diatom Asterionellopsis glacialis (Ref. 107086).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

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

Rosenberg, G. 2009. (Ref. 83435)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Estimates based on models

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.