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 Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Pectinida | Pectinidae

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

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

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

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

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.5 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 344); rapporterad maxålder: 3.00 år (Ref. 126617)

Short description Morfologi

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.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. 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 Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

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

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

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. (Ref. 344)

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

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell; Vattenbruk: kommersiell
FAO - fiskeri: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet-källor

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 9.7 - 12.7, mean 11.7 (based on 22 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Very high vulnerability (77 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 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.

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