Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; rango de profundidad 0 - 100 m (Ref. 94880). Subtropical; 59°N - 7°S, 26°W - 36°
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean: Portugal to Syria, UK, North Sea to Morocco.
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.0 cm SHL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 109255); peso máximo publicado: 3.08 g (Ref. 2734)
Common length from 5.0 to 7.0 cm (Ref. 109255). Found in fine and well sorted sand (Refs. 2723, 2780). An active suspension-feeder (Ref. 96376) and deposit-feeder (Ref. 2743).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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.
Gaspar, M.B., M.N. Santos and P. Vasconcelos. 2001. (Ref. 2758)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial
| FishSource | Sea Around Us
Herramientas
Fuentes de Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 8 - 20.7, mean 11.4 (based on 812 cells).
Resiliencia
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (K=0.49-0.77).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).