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Tridacna squamosa   Lamarck, 1819

Fluted giant clam

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Cardiida () > Cardiidae (cockles)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

; εύρος βάθους 0 - 42 m (Ref. 117184).   Tropical; 31°N - 32°S, 30°E - 124°W

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Indo-Pacific: from East Africa to the Red Sea, (but not the Persian Gulf) to as far east as Pitcairn Islands, north to southern Japan, and south to Queensland, Australia and New Caledonia. Introduced in Hawaii and Guam.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 16 - 20 cm Max length : 45.0 cm SHL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 95990); common length : 30.0 cm SHL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 348)

Short description Μορφολογία

The species has an elongate shell with conspicuous fluted scales on its radial ridges. The valves are white and occasionally tinged with orange, and the mantle yellowish green.

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 87928.

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες

Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam (Ref. 833).

Main reference Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Lower Risk: conservation dependent (LR/cd) ; Date assessed: 01 August 1996

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά)
FAO - Υδατοκαλλιέργειες: Παραγωγή; | FishSource | Η θάλασσα γύρω μας

Εργαλεία

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Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25 - 29.3, mean 28.4 (based on 3457 cells).
Ελαστικότητα (Ref. 69278) Μεσαίο(α), ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού 1,4 - 4,4 έτη (K=0.08-0.23; tm=4).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.