AnAge entry for Mercenaria mercenaria
Classification (HAGRID: 04647)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia (Taxon entry)
Order: Veneroida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Mercenaria
- Species
- Mercenaria mercenaria
- Common name
- Northern quahog
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 106 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1307
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals have been found to live up to 106.0 years [1307].
This species exhibits an accumulation of fluorescent age pigments. This accumulation happens at a faster rate in the first two years of life, but it stops entirely between the ages of 2 and 4. Age related decrease in HSP60 expression and in catalase activity has been also observed. Furthermore, older clams have been shown to have higher levels of expression of HSP70 and lower levels of expression of HSP90 [1379].
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1307] Moss et al. (2016), Lifespan, growth rate, and body size across latitude in marine Bivalvia, with implications for Phanerozoic evolution (PubMed)
- [1379] Ivanina et al. (2008), Oxidative stress and expression of chaperones in aging mollusks (PubMed)
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