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Iphigenia brasiliana   (Lamarck, 1818)

Giant false donax

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Dominica country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/do.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/dominica-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Leal, J.H., 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Giant coquina, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Cardiida () > Donacidae (donax clams)

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

; distribuzione batimetrica 6 - 20 m (Ref. 104365).   Tropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Western Atlantic: USA to Brazil.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 6.5 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 344)

Short description Morfologia

Shell wedge-shaped, heavy, moderately inflated, with rhomboidal outline. Shell surface smooth. Posterodorsal slope somewhat flat. Pallial sinus large. Hinge with 2 lateral teeth (1 bifid) on each valve, lateral teeth absent. Umbones slightly posterior. Periostracum thin, glossy. Colour: tan cream with purple umbonal region; periostracum brown (Ref. 344).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

It has a total length of 6.5 cm (Ref. 344). Combination depth range: min from literature, max from estimate. It is found infaunal in shallow sandy bottoms (Ref. 344). Infaunal (Ref. 104365).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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 Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Leal, J.H. 2003. (Ref. 344)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
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Strumenti

E-book | Giuda pratica

Informazioni ulteriori

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Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.