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Classification / Names / Names
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 256 m (Ref. 83435). Tropical
Western Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 24.3 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435); common length : 23.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (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
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 13.5 - 27.2, mean 23.3 (based on 322 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (14 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.