Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; brackish; depth range 36 - 64 m (Ref. 111861), usually 36 - 58 m (Ref. 111862). Tropical, preferred 14°C (Ref. 107945); 31°S - 50°S, 69°W - 50°W (Ref. 85437)
Southwest Atlantic: From Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil to Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. )
Minimum depth from Ref. 111862. Depth range and common depth based on occurrence; to be replaced with a better reference.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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.
SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Aquaculture: production; Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Tools
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.25-0.38).
Vulnerability
Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
