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Classification / Names / Names
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 1 m (Ref. 83435). Tropical
Western Atlantic: Caribbean to Brazil.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.8 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435); common length : 2.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 344); max. reported age: 2.00 years (Ref. 8702)
Shell wedge-shaped, inflated. Posterior slope with 2 curved ridges. Surface sculpture consisting of fine radial grooves of microscopic pinpoints. Colour: variable, usually brown, yellowish or purple, with rays of darker hues (Ref. 344).
Assumed total length is 2.5 cm (Ref. 344). Maximum depth from Ref. 104365. Found on beach and shoreline (Ref. 104365). Infaunal in shallow sand, usually in environments rich in particulate organic matter (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
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 27 - 28.3, mean 27.5 (based on 307 cells).
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.43-1.79; tmax=2).