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Amusium laurenti (Gmelin, 1791)
Laurent's scallop| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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| Amusium laurenti AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS |
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Bivalvia | Pectinida | Pectinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Benthic; depth range 10 - 50 m (Ref. 129097), usually 30 - 36 m (Ref. 129097). Tropical; 22°N - 9°N, 89°W - 65°W
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Western Central Atlantic: The Caribbean Sea from Honduras, Greater Antilles, to the north coast of South America.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cmCommon length : 6.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 344)
Short description Morphology
Shell thin but strong, circular, moderately inflated, inequivalve. Wing-like projections small. Surface smooth, glossy, but internally with 30 to 40 paired radial ribs. Lower (right) valve more convex than upper (left) valve. Hinge straight. Colour: lower valve cream with light brown rays, upper valve reddish brown mottled with white.
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
Leal, J.H. 2003. (Ref. 344)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 27.5 - 28.2, mean 27.7 (based on 10 cells).