Bivalvia |
Pectinida |
Propeamussiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 50 - 620 m (Ref. 97584). Tropical
Pacific Ocean: New Guinea to Japan and Easter Island.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Free living on soft bottom assemblages, in sand, muddy sand, or mud mixed with gravel or coral sand (Ref. 101147). Dead specimens collected from muddy or sandy bottoms with calcareous gravel and shell gravel (Ref. 101129).
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.
Raines, B. and M. Huber. 2012. (Ref. 93550)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 11.5 - 22.7, mean 17 (based on 274 cells).