Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Οικολογία
; εύρος βάθους 0 - 30 m (Ref. 348), usually 0 - 25 m (Ref. 75831). Tropical
Indo-Pacific: from East Africa, to Melanesia; north to Japan and south to Queensland and Western Australia.
Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 14.0 cm SHL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 348); common length : 9.5 cm SHL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 348)
Occasionally used for food by coastal populations, this species is nowadays mainly collected for its beautiful shell (Ref. 348). Found in intertidal areas on rocks (Ref. 75831).
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.
Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 348)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Εργαλεία
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες
Age/SizeΑύξησηLength-weightLength-lengthΜορφολογίαΠρονύμφεςΑφθονία
Διαδικτυακές πηγές
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.4 - 29.1, mean 28 (based on 1424 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.