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Glycymeris amboinensis   (Gmelin, 1791)

Gold flowing bittersweet

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Glycymeris amboinensis  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Philippines country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Springsteen, F.J. and F.M. Leobrera, 1986
Importance: commercial | Ref: Sotto, F.B. and R. von Cosel, 1982
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known sporadically throughout the Philippines (Ref. 821). Meat is used as food in Cebu (Ref. 80041). C: Ref. 821, 80041; O: Refs. 821, 80041.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Sotto, F.B. and R. von Cosel, 1982
National Database:

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Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Bivalvia > Arcida (Arks) > Glycymerididae (bittersweet clams)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic.   Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Philippines and Australia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Commonly found in coral sand or sand patches in coral reefs of shallow waters below tide marks (Ref. 80041).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Sotto, F.B. and R. von Cosel. 1982. (Ref. 80041)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses


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