Fimbria fimbriata, Common basket lucina : fisheries

Fimbria fimbriata   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common basket lucina

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

Bivalvia | Lucinida | Lucinidae

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 69 m (Ref. 8252).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific: from Myanmar to Tonga; north to the Philippines and possible also Hawaii, and south to Queensland.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.5 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 348); common length : 7.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 348)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

In sandy-coral bottoms, fully buried to completely exposed, in shallow water (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

Glover, E.A. and J.D. Taylor. 2007. (Ref. 8252)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.6 - 29, mean 28.1 (based on 1258 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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