Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; intervalo de profundidade 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 / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm SHL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 348); common length : 11.0 cm SHL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 348)
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
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
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)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Categoria CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: espécies comerciais
FAO - Aquacultura: produção; | FishSource |
Ferramentas
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 25.1 - 29.1, mean 28.3 (based on 1078 cells).
Vulnerabilidade
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Categoria de preço
Unknown.
