Gastropoda |
Ostreida |
Margaritidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range
पारिस्थितिकी
; गहराई सीमा 0 - 30 m (संदर्भ 104365). Tropical; 34°N - 37°S, 98°W - 29°W
Western Atlantic: From South Carolina to Uruguay.
Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age
परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.8 cm SHL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 85431); common length : 7.6 cm SHL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 344); अधिकतम सूचित उम्र: 8 वर्षो (संदर्भ 8702)
Shell roundish, thin, flattened to moderately inflated, inequivalve. Hinge with 2 wing-like projections, posterior projection shorter than that of Pteria colymbus. Periostracum with flat, scale-like projections aligned concentrically. Colour: externally tan, brown, or purplish, with greenish cast, internally nacreous.
Maximum depth from Ref. 85431. Lives attached to rocks or other hard substrates, in shallow subtidal depths. Small live specimens found in rock-pools between tide-marks (Ref. 88739). Common in coralline bottoms (Ref. 128042).
Life cycle and mating behavior
परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | 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.
Leal, J.H. 2003. (संदर्भ 344)
IUCN Red List Status
(संदर्भ 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (संदर्भ 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (संदर्भ 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
मात्स्यिकी: उच्च वाणिज्य
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साधन
अधिक जानकारी
Trophic Ecologyखाद्य पदार्थ
संघटक आहार
आहार खपत
Food rations
परभक्षी
Human RelatedAquaculture profiles
Stamps, coins, misc.
इंटरनेट स्रोत
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 20.5 - 29.1, mean 27.5 (based on 3386 cells).
लौटाव
ऊंचा, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी समय अवलागत 15 महीने। (K=0.94-1.42; tmax=8).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (24 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.