Atrina rigida, Stiff pen shell : fisheries

Atrina rigida   (Lightfoot, 1786)

Stiff pen shell

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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Ostreida | Pinnidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 0 - 27 m (Ref. 83435).  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Western Central Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 30.0 cm NG hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 271)

Short description Morfologi

Diagnostic features: Shell large, fan-shaped, triangular. Surface sculpture of about 15 narrow radial ribs separated any larger interspaces; ribs bearing regularly spaced, fluted spines. Large muscle scar inside shell touches border of nacreous area. Hinge area straight, representing larger side of triangular shell outline. Byssus at pointed extremity anchors penshell into seagrass bottom. Gaping shorter side of triangular shell outline oriented upward. Colour: dark olive brown; mantle colour bright golden orange. Fisheries: Commercially exploited in and around Campeche, Mexico. Consumed locally in soups, marinated, or grilled (Ref. 271).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Habitat: Found in shallow-water seagrass beds. Behavior: Burrows in fine sand leaving only a broad posterior region exposed to the outside environment. Predator: horse conch, Pleuroploca gigantea (Ref. 271).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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 referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Carpenter, K.E. (ed.) 2002 The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 1: Introduction, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5, Rome. 600p. (Ref. 271)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Trophic Ecology
Food items (preys)
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Life cycle
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Lek
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Larvae
Distribution
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Internet-källor

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22.8 - 28.2, mean 27 (based on 546 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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