Cyrtopleura costata, Angel wing

Cyrtopleura costata   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Angel wing

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

Bivalvia | Myida | Pholadidae

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

; djupintervall 0 - 49 m (Ref. 83435).  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Western Atlantic: Caribbean to northeast Brazil.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 18.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 271)

Short description Morfologi

Diagnostic features: Shell light, thin, elongate. Sculpture of concentric ridges and strong radial ribs. Scale-like projections form at intersections of ridges and ribs. Pair of spoon-shaped structures under umbones, called apophyses, are points of attachment of foot muscles. Colour: pure white, seldom with delicate pinkish internal coloration (Ref. 271).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

It has an assumed maximum total length of 18 cm (Ref. 271). Maximum depth from Ref. 104365. It is found infaunal in compact mud or sand, from intertidal to shallow subtidal depths. Borer in mud bottoms in protected bays (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

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22.9 - 28, mean 25.4 (based on 426 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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