Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; saumâtre; profondeur 0 - 83 m (Ref. 101447). Subtropical; 64°N - 30°N, 11°W - 51°E
Northeast Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Caspian Sea. Subtropical to temperate.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm 0.7  range ? - ? cm
Coastal species (Ref. 122965, ). Intertidal (Ref. 106825). Prefers to live in muddy sediments of lagoons and estuaries (Ref. 122964). Abundant on soft bottoms of
coastal embayments and lagoons (Ref. 122965). Infaunal on sand and eelgrass beds and epifaunal on eelgrass beds (Ref. 95819). This species is a filter (Refs. 78574, 95728) and/or suspension feeder (Ref. 96470).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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.
Zenetos, A., E. Vardala-Theodorou and C. Alexandrakis. 2005. (Ref. 2684)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
statut CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 7.3 - 18.3, mean 10.5 (based on 986 cells).
Résilience
Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=0.27-0.71).
Vulnérabilité
Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).