Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; estuarina; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 300 m (Ref. 356). Tropical, preferred 28°C (Ref. 107945); 26°N - 5°N, 64°E - 94°E
Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.9 cm SHL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 96220); Idade máx. registada: 4 anos (Ref. 8702)
Mainly inhabits brackish waters, wherein it occurs as thick beds in estuaries, backwaters, ports and harbors (Ref. 7693). Found in areas with somewhat reduced salinity within intertidal and shallow subtidal waters (Ref. 348). Though sporadic, it is also found on corals, rocks, hard objects or growing in bunches, on various soft bottoms to a depth of about 4 m (Refs. 101354, 53, 348 ). Feeds on diatoms, zooplankton and detritus (Ref. 107090). Also in Ref. 115735.
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.
SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)
Status na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Status no CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: espécies comerciais
FAO - Aquacultura: produção; | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Ferramentas
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Resiliência
Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (K=0.35-1.8; tmax=4).
Vulnerabilidade
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
