Bivalvia |
Carditida |
Condylocardiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 30 - 271 m (Ref. 127650). Temperate
Southeast Atlantic: Tierra del Fuego, Isla de los Estados and Burdwood Bank.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Shell small, ca. 0.62 mm maximum length, ovate-trigonal, flat, equivalve. Prodissoconch posteriorly projected. Hinge plate narrow. Resilifer minute. Right valve: tooth immediately behind the resilifer (proximal posterior tooth), massive. Left valve: anteriormost tooth (distal anterior tooth), narrowly elongated.
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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.
Guller, M. and D.G. Zelaya. 2022. (Ref. 127650)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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