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Mya arenaria   Linnaeus, 1758

Softshell clam

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Canada country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from eastern Canada (Ref. 83434) particularly in Gulf of St. Lawrence (Ref. 7726) and Pacific Northwest region (Ref. 94194). C: Refs. 2823, 7726, 83434, 93817; R: Ref. 94194.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Harvey-Clark, C., 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Softshell, ... more

Classification / Names / Names প্রচলিত নাম সমূহ | প্রতিনাম সমূহ | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Myida () > Myidae ()

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

; ঈষৎ লোনা ; গভীরতার পরিসীমা 0 - 192 m (Ref. 78574), usually 0 - 25 m (Ref. 75831).   Temperate, preferred 9°C (Ref. 107945); 77°N - 33°N, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 113928)

বিতরণ দেশ সমূহ | এফ এ ও এলাকাসমূহ | বাস্তুতন্ত্র | দৃষ্টিগোচর | প্রচলন

Northwest Atlantic from Nova Scotia to Virginia, North Sea and European waters including the Black, Baltic, Wadden, White and Mediterranean seas, and northeast Pacific from San Francisco to Alaska.

Length at first maturity / আকৃতি / ওজন / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm TL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 7726); সর্বোচ্চ উলি্ল্লখিত বয়স : 8 বৎসর (Ref. 2823)

জীববিজ্ঞান     শব্দকোষ (উদাহরণ স্বরূপ epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 101279. Maximum depth recorded is 329 m (Ref. 101279). Lives in burrows in sand, mud, sandy mud and sandy gravels from the mid shore to the shallow sublittoral, sometimes to a depth of 192 m (Ref. 78574). Commonly found in estuarine areas, buried in substrate 10 to 20 cm deep (Ref. 95344). In the Vainameri (north-eastern Baltic Sea), abundant in silty substrate (Ref. 95753). Deposit/filter feeders (Ref. 95728). Identified as an ecologically important benthic species of the Baltic Sea, mainly as part of the food base of fishes and its contribution to biofiltration and biosedimentation processes (Ref. 95774). A microvore that feeds on organic detritus (Ref. 96352). Found both in intertidal mudflat and estuary (Ref. 2823).

Life cycle and mating behavior পরিপক্কতা | প্রজনন | ডিম ছাড়া | ডিমসমূহ | ডিম্বধারন ক্ষমতা | শুককীট

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 সূত্র সংখ্যা | সমম্বয়কারী | সহযোগী

Harvey-Clark, C. 1997. (Ref. 7726)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

মৎস্য: বাণিজ্যিক
FAO - এ্যাকুয়াকালচার (জলজ পালন) : উৎপাদন ; মৎস্য: landings | FishSource | আমাদের চতুর্পাশ্বের সাগর

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ইন্টারনেট সুত্র

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 6.4 - 14.5, mean 10.9 (based on 360 cells).
স্থিতিস্থাপক (Ref. 69278) মাধ্যম , সর্বনিম্ন প্রজন দ্বিগুনের সময় ১.৪-৪.৪ বৎসর (K=0.14-0.48; tmax=8).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.