Clavagella ramosa

Clavagella ramosa   (Dunker, 1882)

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

Bivalvia | Pholadomyida | Clavagellidae

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

Benthic, usually 50 - 200 m (Ref. 75831).  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northwest Pacific: China.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in sand and mud (Ref. 53).

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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

Morton, B. 2006 Structure and formation of the adventitious tube of the Japanese watering-pot shell Stirpulina ramosa (Bivalvia, Anomalodesmata, Clavagellidae) and a comparison with that of the Penicillidae. Invertebrate Biology 125(3):233-249. (Ref. 77832)

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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