Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 25 m (Ref. 348). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: from East Africa to the Philippines; north to Japan and south to Indonesia.
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 348); common length : 6.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 348)
Shell rather inflated, roughly triangular and elongate-ovate in outline. Anterior margin short, slightly protruding anteriorly beyond the umbones. Posterodorsal margin straightish, forming a rather sharp angle with the produced, roundly wedge-shaped posterior margin. Ventral margin long and nearly straight in the posterior 2/3, recurved anteriorly. Outer surface smoothish, with only fine concentric growth marks, frequently eroded towards the umbones. Periostracum hairs not branched, developed on posterior half of the of valves. Hinge line smooth, without teeth or crenulations. Anterior adductor scar present. Internal margins smooth. Colour: outside of shell dull olive-brown, often with a median yellowish radial band. Interior pearly, pale greyish blue to purple.
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.
Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 348)
Status na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Status no CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: espécies comerciais
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Ferramentas
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.7 - 29.3, mean 28.7 (based on 1901 cells).
Vulnerabilidade
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
