Bivalvia | 
Adapedonta | 
Hiatellidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 0 - 599 m (Ref. 101606), usually 50 - 150 m (Ref. 104163).  Polar; 82°N -   39°N, 127°W -   101°E			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Arctic and Northern Atlantic:  from Canadian Arctic, USA, to Norway and Severnaya Zemlya, Russia. Polar to temperate.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm 2.4  range ? - ? cm Max length : 11.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 104337)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Inhabits deep waters.  Completely buries itself in fine sand (Refs. 104163, 104337).  Suspension feeder (Ref. 104163).  In general, suspension feeding bivalves mainly depend on phytoplankton and detritus material for nutrition (Ref. 107088).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum 2005 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2005 Annual Checklist. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K. (Ref. 19)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
				Fisheries: minor commercial			
			
			
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						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.