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Pecten novaezelandiae   unspecified

Scallop

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

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from near Motuketekete Island in Kawau Bay, Tasman Bay, and Anchorage Bay (Ref. 1244), down to Stewart Island (Ref. 114140). C: Refs. 1244, 89583, 114140; O: Ref. 1244.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ministry of Fisheries, 2011
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Bivalvia > Pectinida () > Pectinidae (scallops)

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

Benthic; depth range 5 - 170 m (Ref. 114137).   Subtropical, preferred 17°C (Ref. 107945); 35°S - 47°S, 46°W - 176°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southwest Pacific: Endemic to New Zealand, from Kawau Island down to Stewart Island and east to Chatham Island.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 6.0, range 5 - 5.9 cm Max length : 14.0 cm ShL male/unsexed; (Ref. )

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Minimum depth range from Ref. 114139. Found in soft sediments. Juveniles are preyed upon by sea stars, gastropods, octopus, snapper, and large rays (Ref. 1244). Feeds on phytoplankton (Ref. 114780).

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

SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: ; publication : search) | 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): 8.4 - 15.9, mean 13.1 (based on 64 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278) High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.58).
Prior r = 0.51, 95% CL = 0.34 - 0.76, Based on 5 data-limited stock assessments.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.