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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref:
Importance: of potential interest | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Massachusetts (Ref. 83435) and eastern United States (Ref. 1667). C: Ref. 83435, 104365; R: Ref. 1667.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
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Blood ark, ... more

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

; profondeur 0 - 68 m (Ref. 104365). Tropical, preferred 25°C (Ref. 107945); 43°N - 35°S, 98°W - 33°W (Ref. 3446)

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic: from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to the West Indies and Brazil.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.6 cm SHL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 78146)

Description synthétique Morphologie

Equivalved, oval in shape. Size range: 2.8-7.6 cm shell length. Shell length to height ratio = 1.16 (Ref. 78148). Shell depth reaching 70% of height (Ref. 78152).

In the USA, this species remains a potential fishery resource. From the late 1990s to early 2000s, wild stocks of this species are the target of a small-scale fishery in North Carolina (Ref. 78154) and the eastern coast of Virginia with exports primarily as ethnic food to Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and Washington D.C. (Ref. 78152).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Sexes are separate with low incidence of hermaphrodism (2.17%). Males dominant (m/f=2.68). Peak in gonadal pattern in late spring to early summer (45% ripe in May) and a minor peak in winter (21% ripe in December). Dribble spawning likely strategy to extend spawning period and increase reproductive success.

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams. 1998. (Ref. 1667)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Non évalué

statut CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; Aquaculture: expérimental
FAO - pêcheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Fécondité
Œufs
Développement de l'œuf

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14.5 - 28, mean 25.4 (based on 490 cells).

Résilience (Ref. 69278) Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=0.45; tm=5).

Vulnérabilité (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Lunarca ovalis (Bruguière, 1789)