Bivalvia |
Lucinida |
Thyasiridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 3356 - ? m (Ref. 129163). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: Oman.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.9 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 129163)
Depth based on type locality; to be replaced with a better reference. A deep-water species taken in ooze along with protobranchs and suspension feeding Limopsis tenella and Bentharca asperula. The water temperature at the collection site was 1.7°C and the oxygen concentration was 2.99 ml l-1 (Ref. 129163).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Oliver, P.G. 2015 Deep-water Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Oman Margin, Arabian Sea, new species and examples of endemism and cosmopolitanism. Zootaxa 3995(1):252-263. (Ref. 129163)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Length-frequencies
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Life cycleReproduction
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Eggs
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Larvae
PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).