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Classification / Names / Names
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Western Atlantic: Caribbean to Brazil.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 9.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 344)
Shell very elongate (ratio length: width 5:1), dorsal and ventral margins parallel, hinge posterior, with single pair of cardinal teeth. Shell thicker at anterior margin. Umbones at the angle formed by dorsal and posterior margins. Colour: brown to purple.
Infaunal in muddy sand, in intertidal or shallow subtidal depths (Ref. 344).
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.
Leal, J.H. 2003. (Ref. 344)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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