Argopecten irradians, Atlantic Bay scallop : fisheries, aquaculture
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Argopecten irradians   (Lamarck, 1819)

Atlantic Bay scallop

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Pectinida | Pectinidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

; गहराई सीमा 0 - 20 m (संदर्भ 83435), usually ? - 10 m (संदर्भ 113981).  Tropical; 24°C - 26°C (संदर्भ 113981), preferred 20°C (संदर्भ 107945); 45°N - 8°N, 98°W - 66°W

Distribution देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Western Atlantic: Argopecten irradians irradians, Argopecten irradians concentricus, Argopecten irradians amplicostatus. Introduced in Canada and China.

Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age

परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.5 cm SHL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 344); अधिकतम सूचित उम्र: 3.00 वर्षो (संदर्भ 126617)

Short description आकृति विज्ञान

Shell valves convex, upper valve less convex than more inflated lower valve. Surface sculpture of 19 to 21 strong, squarish ribs. Hinge with wing-like projections of about same size. Colour: lower valve light, usually whitish, upper valve dark brown to dark grey with darker markings.

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Average life span of 20 to 26 months. Form beds on sandy, eelgrass or other seagrass bottoms (Ref. 344).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Spawns after 1 year of age, during mass-spawning events that take place almost always in July (Ref. 344).

Main reference संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

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. (संदर्भ 344)

IUCN Red List Status (संदर्भ 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (संदर्भ 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (संदर्भ 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

मात्स्यिकी: व्यापारिक; जलीयकृषि: व्यापारिक
FAO - मात्स्यिकी: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

साधन

अधिक जानकारी

Trophic Ecology
Food items (preys)
संघटक आहार
आहार खपत
परभक्षी
पारिस्थितिकी
Population dynamics
बाढ़
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
बहुतायत

इंटरनेट स्रोत

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(मात्स्यिकी: ; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, खोज) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 9.7 - 12.7, mean 11.7 (based on 22 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (संदर्भ 71543): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (संदर्भ 125649): Very high vulnerability (77 of 100).
Price category (संदर्भ 80766): Low.
Nutrients :  Calcium = 149 [71, 228] mg/100g; Iron = 8.53 [1.95, 15.11] mg/100g; Protein = 9.88 [8.64, 11.12] %; Omega3 = 0.313 [0.202, 0.423] g/100g; Selenium = 61 [50, 72] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 2.04 [0.56, 3.51] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.