Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Οικολογία
; εύρος βάθους 0 - 256 m (Ref. 83435). Tropical
Western Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 24.3 cm DL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 83435); common length : 23.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 344)
Shell large, fan-shaped, triangular. Surface sculpture of about 15 narrow radial ribs separated by larger interspaces; ribs bearing regularly spaced, fluted spines. Muscle scar completely surrounded by nacreous layer. Hinge area straight, representing larger side of triangular shell outline. Byssus at pointed extremity anchors penshell into seagrass bottom. Gaping, shorter side of triangular shell outline oriented upward. Colour: dark olive brown; mantle colour pale yellow.
Maximum depth from Ref. 104365 In shallow-water seagrass beds. Burrows in fine sand leaving only the broad posterior region exposed to the outside environment (Ref. 344).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες
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.
Leal, J.H. 2003. (Ref. 344)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά)
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Εργαλεία
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες
Age/SizeΑύξησηLength-weightLength-lengthΜορφολογίαΠρονύμφεςΑφθονία
Διαδικτυακές πηγές
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 13.5 - 27.2, mean 23.3 (based on 322 cells).
Price category
Unknown.