Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; estuarina; intervalo de profundidade 5 - 12 m (Ref. 106644). Subtropical; 62°N - 30°N, 11°W - 37°E
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.4 cm SHL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 2758)
Found in shallow (Ref. 105316) sublittoral zone (Refs. 105316, 106644). Inhabits fine well sorted sand (Ref. 2780). Found in areas influenced by estuarine outflows (Ref. 96507). An active suspension feeder (Ref. 96376), and sessile-burrower (Ref. 96498). In general, suspension feeding bivalves mainly depend on phytoplankton and detritus material for nutrition (Ref. 107088).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
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.
Gaspar, M.B., M.N. Santos and P. Vasconcelos. 2001. (Ref. 2758)
Status na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Status no CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Uso pelos humanos
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Ferramentas
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 9.9 - 19.6, mean 17.6 (based on 639 cells).
Vulnerabilidade
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).