Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; profondeur 0 - 20 m (Ref. 348). Tropical
Indo-Pacific: from Mauritius Island, but probably not on the East African coast, to eastern Polynesia; north to Japan and south to northern Queensland and New Caledonia.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.0 cm SHH mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 348); common length : 5.0 cm SHH mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 348)
Mainly used as an ornamental shell (Ref. 348). Found in intertidal reef flats wherein it is attached to its substrate via its small byssus (Ref. 799). It prefers littoral and sublittoral areas, with sand and coral rubble substrates, predominantly in exposed but sometimes protected environments. It is sometimes associated with seagrass (Ref. 104607). The flattish posterior surface of shell lying horizontally just beneath the surface. Sometimes in dense colonies (Ref. 348).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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.
Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 348)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
statut CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.6 - 29.3, mean 28.4 (based on 3823 cells).
Vulnérabilité
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
