Bivalvia |
Venerida |
Ungulinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range ? - 33 m (Ref. 75840). Subtropical
Northwest Pacific: China, Taiwan, Japan and Hong Kong.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Found intertidal in sand (Ref. 53). Also found in silt and mud (Ref. 75840).
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.
Kuroda, T. and T. Habe 1952 Checklist and bibliography of the recent marine Mollusca of Japan. Leo. W. Stach, Publisher, Tokyo. 210 pp. (Ref. 77663)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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