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Ostrea conchaphila (Carpenter, 1857)
Olympia oyster| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Bivalvia | Ostreida | Ostreidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Benthic; brackish; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 95344). Tropical; 26°N - 7°N, 110°W - 78°W
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Eastern Central Pacific: Sinaloa, Mexico to Panama.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.0 cm SHD male/unsexed; (Ref. 95344)
Maximum shell length is 6.5 cm (Ref. 104102).
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
The British Flora and Fauna Database. 2007. (Ref. 8593)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 04 October 2011
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 24.6 - 28.7, mean 27.5 (based on 24 cells).