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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 - 55 m (Ref. 87801). Subtropical; 11°N - 53°S (Ref. 83435)
Southern Atlantic and Southeast Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Found from intertidal areas to a depth of 55 meters, on wood, in submerged tree trunks, pilings or even boring into ships. It has a free-living larva (Ref. 87801).
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.
Bernard, F.R., S.M. McKinnell and G.S. Jamieson. 1991. (Ref. 91446)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 10 - 22.7, mean 15.2 (based on 134 cells).
Price category
Unknown.