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Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818)
Bengali geloina
Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Indo-West Pacific: From India to Thailand and Celebes, and possibly also from the Philippines to northern Australia. Reported as widely occurring in the Indo-West Pacific, but the exact distribution is imperfectly known because of frequent confusion with other species of the genus.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.5 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 348); common length : 7.5 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 348)
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.
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 348)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 February 2011
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.