Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
; brackwasser. Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: from East Africa, to Melanesia; north to Japan and south to Indonesia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 14.0 cm SHL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 348); common length : 10.0 cm SHL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 348)
Shell variable, irregularly rounded in outline, with height about equal to length. Dorsal margin straight and relatively short, not expanded posteriorly in a wing-like ear. Anterior margin sharply sinuous dorsally, ventrally strongly convex and extending well forward of umbones. Posterior margin slightly concave, forming an obsolete angulation with the rounded ventral margin. Umbones small, pointing at anterior end of dorsal margin. Outer surface covered with concentric lamellar processes, with very low radial ridge ending at posteroventral angulation. Ligamental area with a dozen transverse grooves. Nacreous area of the inner side of shell surrounded by a broad, non-nacreous margin. Colour: outside of shell horny to purplish brown. Interior nacreous, with a broad dark brown margin.
Attached to rocks and other hard substrates, in marine and brackish water areas (Ref. 348), with sandy and muddy bottoms (Ref. 128042). Common in muddy estuaries and mangrove where it attaches to prop roots. Littoral and shallow subtidal levels (Ref. 348).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven
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.
Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 348)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES Status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.9 - 29.3, mean 28.4 (based on 3365 cells).
Verwundbarkeit
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Preiskategorie
Unknown.
