Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; profondeur 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 / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.0 cm SHL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 109255); poids max. publié: 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
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
statut CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial
| FishSource | Sea Around Us
Outils
Sources Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 8 - 20.7, mean 11.4 (based on 812 cells).
Résilience
Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=0.49-0.77).
Vulnérabilité
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).