Bivalvia |
Cardiida |
Cardiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range
Ekologi
; djupintervall 0 - 42 m (Ref. 117184). Tropical; 31°N - 32°S, 30°E - 124°W
Indo-Pacific: from East Africa to the Red Sea, (but not the Persian Gulf) to as far east as Pitcairn Islands, north to southern Japan, and south to Queensland, Australia and New Caledonia. Introduced in Hawaii and Guam.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Könsmognad: Lm ?, range 16 - 20 cm Max length : 45.0 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 95990); common length : 30.0 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 348)
The species has an elongate shell with conspicuous fluted scales on its radial ridges. The valves are white and occasionally tinged with orange, and the mantle yellowish green.
Maximum depth from Ref. 87928. In eastern Polynesia, it is known to be restricted to deep water (Ref. 87928). Found in intertidal areas on corals (Ref. 75831). Abundant on outer reef slope (Ref. 2923). Also found in a lagoon (Ref. 87813), on sandy bottoms (Ref. 106695), rubble or in reef pockets (Ref. 2923). Unattached or weakly attached by byssus as an adult (Ref. 2923). Tridacnids derive their nutrition from uptake of dissolved matter through their epidermis and from their symbiotic zooanthella Symbiodinium microadriaticum (Ref. 107098).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam (Ref. 833).
SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fiskeri: kommersiell
FAO - Vattenbruk: production; | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Verktyg
Ytterligare information
Trophic EcologyFödoslagFödosammansättningFödointagFood rationsPredatorer Human RelatedAquaculture profiles
Stamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 25 - 29.3, mean 28.4 (based on 3457 cells).
Resiliens
Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (K=0.08-0.23; tm=4).
Vulnerability
Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
Nutrients : Calcium = 149 [71, 228] mg/100g; Iron = 8.53 [1.95, 15.11] mg/100g; Protein = 9.88 [8.64, 11.12] %; Omega3 = 0.313 [0.202, 0.423] g/100g; Selenium = 61 [50, 72] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 2.04 [0.56, 3.51] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.