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Classification / Names / Names
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 140 m (Ref. 83435). Tropical; 70°N - 34°S, 98°W - 2°E
Atlantic Ocean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - 5 cm Max length : 10.0 cm SHL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 344)
Diagnostic features: Shell rectangular, elongate (twice as long as wide), equivalve. Sculpture of about 20 to 30 irregular radial ribs, and fine concentric threads that cross-ribs and interspaces. Byssal gap present opposite to hinge, moderately narrow. Hinge long. Colour: creamy white, streaked with reddish to dark brown wavy bands. Periostracum brown and dense on fresh shells, covering colour pattern almost completely (Ref. 344).
Maximum size reported in Malacolog database was 9 cm in length (Ref. 83435). Epibiotic (Ref. 104365). It is found attached to the underside of rocks and coral heads by byssus (Ref. 344). Commonly forms dense beds on rocky bottoms at depths of 1 and 20 m (Ref. 121800)
Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam (Ref. 833).
Leal, J.H. 2003. (Ref. 344)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
Pesca: commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 16.1 - 27.8, mean 25 (based on 628 cells).
Resilienza
Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (K=1.2).