Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
; brakwater; diepteverspreiding 0 - 50 m (Ref. 104365). Tropical, preferred 27°C (Ref. 107945); 25°N - 35°S, 96°W - 34°W
Atlantic Ocean: from southern Gulf of Mexico to Uruguay. Introduced in UK.
Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 12.0 cm NG mannelijk/geslacht niet bekend; (Ref. 271)
Diagnostic features: Shell lightweight, deep-cupped inequivalve, left valve (attached) larger than right. Shell shape and outline variable. Inner margin smooth. Presidium transversally striated. Colour: externally dirty light grey, internally whitish or light grey splotched with bluish purple (Ref. 271).
It has a total length of 12 cm. Fisheries: It is heavily exploited due to over exploitation or contaminated by organic pollutants. It is consumed raw, fried, grilled or boiled. Canned industrially (Ref. 271). Attached to roots of Rhizophora mangle, rocks or other oyster shells. It is mostly intertidal or shallow-subtidal species (Ref. 271).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Geslachtsrijpheid | Voortplanting | Kuitschieten | Eieren | Fecundity | Larven
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.
Carpenter, K.E. (ed.). 2002. (Ref. 271)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Status bij CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: commercieel
FAO - Aquacultuur: production; Visserij: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Tools
Meer informatie
Leeftijd/GrootteGroeiLengte-gewicht parametersLengte-lengte parametersMorfologieLarvenAbundantie
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 26.2 - 28, mean 27.3 (based on 170 cells).
Weerstandsvermogen
Hoog, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd minder dan 15 maanden (K=2.79).
Prior r = 0.81, 95% CL = 0.54 - 1.22, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Kwetsbaarheid
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).