Sunray Venus Clam Resources

Reports

A New Species to Diversify the Florida Clam Aquaculture Industry
2009. J. Scarpa, L. Sturmer, C. Adams, L. Creswell, and J. Nuñez. 2006-2008 Final project report, Florida Sea Grant College Program, Gainesville, FL. 23 pp.

Market Assessment of Cultured Sunray Venus Clams
2009. C. Adams. 2006-2008 Final project report, Florida Sea Grant College Program, Gainesville, FL. 16 pp.

Nursery and Growout Culture of the Sunray Venus Clam
2011. L. Sturmer, J. Scarpa, C. Adams, and L. Creswell. 2008-2010 Final project report, Florida Sea Grant College Program, Gainesville, FL. 38 pp.

Eliminating Barriers to the Commercial Production of Sunray Venus Clams
2013. L. Sturmer, J. Scarpa, C. Adams, S. Otwell, T. Osborne, R. Ellis, and L. Creswell. 2010-2012 Final project report, Florida Sea Grant College Program, Gainesville, FL. 29 pp.

Wholesale Market Survey for Sunray Venus Clams
2013. C. Adams and L. Sturmer. 2010-2012 Final project report, Florida Sea Grant College Program, Gainesville, FL. 11 pp.

Evaluation of Alternative Growout and Harvesting Methods for Sunray Venus Clam Culture
2014. L. Sturmer, T. Osborne, W. White, and R. Ellis. 2013-2014 Final project report, FL Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Tallahassee, FL. 90 pp.

Reproductive Patterns of Cultured and Wild Sunray Venus Clams (Macrocallista nimbosa) in Florida West Coast Waters
2016. Susan Laramore and Leslie Sturmer. 2015-2016 Final project report, FL Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Tallahassee, FL. 18 pp.

Revitalizing the Hard Clam Aquaculture Industry in the Southeastern U.S. through Transferring Technology on the Sunray Venus Clam
2017. L. Sturmer, L. Creswell, T. Osborne, R. Ellis, W. Harris Jr., C. Sims, J. Scarpa, and M. May. 2014-2017 Final project report, National Sea Grant College Program, 18 pp.

Fatty Acid Composition of Adult and Larval Sunray Venus Clams Macrocallista nimbosa: Environmental and Gametogenic Impacts
2017. Susan Laramore, Leslie Sturmer, Richard Baptiste, Huiping Yang, Carolyn Sinacore, and Elizabeth Urban-Gedamike. Journal of Shellfish Research 36(2): 403–416.

The sunray venus clam, Macrocallista nimbosa, exhibits asynchronous spawning
2018. Susan Laramore, Leslie Sturmer, and Carolyn Sinacore. Aquaculture Reports 12: 49-55.

Building Hatchery Capacity of Production of a Promising Shellfish Aquaculture Species: the Sunray Venus Clam Macrocallista nimbosa
2021. Susan Laramore, Leslie Sturmer, John Baldwin. 2018-2021 Final project report, Florida Sea Grant College Program, 27 pp. 

References

The sunray venus clam
No date. Food Fish Facts No. 49, NOAA National Consumer Educational Services Office, Chicago, IL. 1 pp.

Initial observations on a new fishery for the sunray venus clam Macrocallista nimbosa
1968. R.J. Stokes, E.A. Joyce, Jr., and R.M. Ingle. Technical Series No. 56, Florida Board of Conservation, Marine Research Laboratory, St. Petersburg, FL. 27 pp.

A study of the effects of a commercial hydraulic clam dredge on benthic communities in estuarine areas
1971. M.F. Godcharles. Technical Series No. 64, Florida Department of Natural Resources, Marine Research Laboratory, St. Petersburg, FL. 51 pp.

Exploratory fishing for the sunray venus clam Macrocallista nimbosa in northwest Florida
1972. J.J. Jolley, Jr. Technical Series No. 67, Florida Department of Natural Resources, Marine Research Laboratory, St. Petersburg, FL. 42 pp.

The reproductive cycle of the sunray venus clam Macrocallista nimbosa
1976. M. Lynn Haines. Proceedings of the National Shellfisheries Association 66:6-12.