Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
; tiefenbereich 0 - 2 m (Ref. 83435). Tropical, preferred 27°C (Ref. 107945); 22°N - 29°S, 89°W - 14°W
Western Atlantic: from Guatemala to Cuba in the Caribbean, east to Ascension Island and south to Santa Catarina Brazil.
Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.4 cm DL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 83435); common length : 3.8 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 344)
Shell heavy, thick, inflated, triangular. Shell surface umbones central and prominent. Hinge with 3 cardinal teeth, with smaller secondary teeth present. Lateral tooth in left valve large. Lunula large, escutcheon absent. Periostracum like varnish. Colour: whitish with brown tinges and rays.
Minimum depth from Ref. 104365.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | 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.
Leal, J.H. 2003. (Ref. 344)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES Status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: kommerziell
FAO - Fischereien: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Tools
Internet Quellen
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 27.2 - 28.4, mean 27.6 (based on 250 cells).
Prior r = 1.18, 95% CL = 0.78 - 1.77, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Verwundbarkeit
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
