Bivalvia |
Venerida |
Cyrenidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Subtropical
Western Pacific: China.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Found intertidal in mangrove mud (Ref. 53).
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.
Tsi, C.Y. and S.T. Ma 1982 A preliminary checklist of the marine gastropoda and bivalvia (Mollusca) of Hong Kong and Southern China. In the marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China (ed. B. Morton and C. K. Tseng), 431-58. Proceedings of the 1st international marine biology workshop on the marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China, Hong Kong, 1980. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. (Ref. 77704)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Abundance
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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