it does not tolerate reduced conditions) or with a sand fraction lower than 90% (as it does not tolerate anoxic conditions). gallina does not inhabit substrata with a redox potential lower than + 50 mV (i.e. In particular, a study of its presence as a function of sediment type, conducted in the north-western Adriatic Sea near Venice 3, has reported that C.

It thrives in sandy and muddy–sandy sediments and tolerates narrow salinity and temperature variations 2. It is widespread in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and along the eastern Atlantic coasts, where it inhabits the fine well-sorted sand biocoenosis described by Pérès and Picard 1.

The striped venus clam ( Chamelea gallina Linnaeus, 1758), an edible and commercially valuable bivalve, is an infaunal filter-feeding clam of the family Veneridae. gallina specimens returned to the sea have a very high survival probability and that they can contribute to mitigate the overexploitation of natural populations. These findings conclusively demonstrate that C.

Survival rates were 94.8% and 96.2% respectively in the laboratory and at sea, without significant differences between the two experiments or among size classes. For the field survivability experiments, clams under and above the minimum conservation reference size were placed in separate metal cages. According to Regulation (EU) 2020/2237, undersized specimens (total length of the shell, 25 mm) specimens.

The striped venus clam ( Chamelea gallina) is the main edible bivalve living in Italian waters.

Small clam dredge