Common name (e.g. turtle)

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Genus + Species (e.g. Caretta caretta)

Senilia senilis   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Heavy african ark

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Arcida | Arcidae

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

Benthic.  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania, Sierra Leone and Angola.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, range 2 - 2 cm Max length : 13.5 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 109255); common length : 10.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 437); max. reported age: 30 years (Ref. 93645)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.). 1981. (Ref. 437)

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

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Threat to humans

Human uses

| FishSource |

Tools

Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.23-0.55; tmax=30).