Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
экология
; пределы глубины 0 - 50 m (Ref. 101292). Tropical; 10°C - 30°C (Ref. 113750), preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 37°N - 35°S, 64°W - 82°E
Western Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea: from the southern Caribbean to Uruguay, eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Senegal, and Congo to South Africa, and in the western Indian Ocean from South Africa to Sri Lanka. Introduced in the Gulf of Mexico. Tropical and subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Вес / Возраст
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 17.0 cm SHL самец/пол неопределен; (Ref. 271)
Shell mussel-shaped, ventral margin straight, posterior end rounded. Shell surface smooth except for fine growth lines. Hinge 1 or 2 teeth. Periostracum flaky. Colour: externally brown or light brown with concentric yellow bands near ventral margin, internally purple, nacreous.
It is heavily exploited commercially, stocks are dwindling in southernmost part or range. Consumed boiled in juices, marinated, grilled with rice, or in a number of different local dishes. Canned industrially (Ref. 271). Minimum depth from Ref. 104365.
Life cycle and mating behavior
половая зрелость | размножение | нерест | икра | Fecundity | личинки
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.
Основная ссылка
ссылки | координатор | соавторы
Carpenter, K.E. (ed.). 2002. (Ref. 271)
Статус Красного Списка МСОП (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Статус СИТЕС (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Использование человеком
рыболовство: важный объект промысла
FAO - аквакультура (рыбоводство): production; рыболовство: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us
инструменты
дополнительная информация
ресурсы в Интернет
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 14.8 - 27.8, mean 24.9 (based on 654 cells).
устойчивость к внешним воздействиям
высокий, минимальное время удвоения популяции до 15 месяцев (K=0.06-1.5).
Уязвимость
Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).
