Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; profondeur 0 - 20 m (Ref. 348), usually 0 - 20 m (Ref. 75831). Tropical; 23°C - 30°C (Ref. 102835); 31°N - 30°S, 92°E - 178°W (Ref. 106696)
Indo-West Pacific: from Andaman Islands to Fiji Islands; north to Japan and south to New Caledonia and Queensland.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm SHL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 348); common length : 11.0 cm SHL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 348)
Description synthétique
Morphologie
The valves are greyish white, often fringed with orange or yellow both inside and out. They are triangularly ovate in shape. Mantle coloration is predominantly blue but shows great variability.
Found in intertidal areas on corals (Ref. 75831).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam (Ref. 833).
Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 348)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
statut CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial
FAO - Aquaculture: production; | FishSource |
Outils
Sources Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 25.1 - 29.1, mean 28.3 (based on 1078 cells).
Vulnérabilité
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Catégorie de prix
Unknown.
