Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; profondeur 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 / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 14.0 cm SHL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 348); common length : 9.5 cm SHL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 348)
Occasionally used for food by coastal populations, this species is nowadays mainly collected for its beautiful shell (Ref. 348).
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.
Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 348)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
statut CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Outils
Plus d'informations
Taille/ÂgeCroissanceLongueur-poidsLongueur-longueurMorphologieLarvesAbondance
Sources Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.4 - 29.1, mean 28 (based on 1424 cells).
Vulnérabilité
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Catégorie de prix
Unknown.
