Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Οικολογία
; εύρος βάθους 0 - 5 m (Ref. 348). Tropical; 45°N - 42°S, 8°E - 133°W
Indo-Pacific and Eastern Atlantic. Introduced in the Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm SHL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 348); common length : 10.0 cm SHL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 348)
Artisanal to industrial exploitation, from natural beds and by aquaculture (Ref. 348). Attached to rocks in the intertidal where it may form a distinct zone in the upper eulittoral (Ref. 801). Found in shallow subtidal levels and occurs in dense colonies (Ref. 101156). Also on the breathing roots and trunks of mangrove trees and on pier piles (Ref. 102838). Coexists with an assemblage of grazing gastropods (Ref. 101156).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες
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.
Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 348)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά)
FAO - Υδατοκαλλιέργειες: Παραγωγή; | FishSource | Η θάλασσα γύρω μας
Εργαλεία
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες
Age/SizeΑύξησηLength-weightLength-lengthΜορφολογίαΠρονύμφεςΑφθονία
Διαδικτυακές πηγές
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.3 - 29.3, mean 28.2 (based on 3952 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
