Cyrtopleura costata   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Angel wing

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Cyrtopleura costata

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

| Myida | Pholadidae

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

; rango de profundidad 0 - 49 m (Ref. 83435).  Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

Western Atlantic: Caribbean to northeast Brazil.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 18.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 271)

Short description Morfología

Diagnostic features: Shell light, thin, elongate. Sculpture of concentric ridges and strong radial ribs. Scale-like projections form at intersections of ridges and ribs. Pair of spoon-shaped structures under umbones, called apophyses, are points of attachment of foot muscles. Colour: pure white, seldom with delicate pinkish internal coloration (Ref. 271).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

It has an assumed maximum total length of 18 cm (Ref. 271). Maximum depth from Ref. 104365. It is found infaunal in compact mud or sand, from intertidal to shallow subtidal depths. Borer in mud bottoms in protected bays (Ref. 271).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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 Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Carpenter, K.E. (ed.). 2002. (Ref. 271)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia (Go, búsqueda) | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22.9 - 28, mean 25.4 (based on 426 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.