Fissidentalium carduus   (Dall, 1889)

Yellow tuskshell

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Fissidentalium carduus  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Scaphopoda | Dentaliida | Dentaliidae

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

Benthic; depth range 60 - 600 m (Ref. 1821).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic: USA to Uruguay, Caribbean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.9 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3441)

Short description Morphology

Shell is long, slightly curved, regularly tapering, yellowish grey. Six primary ribs, secondary ribs present, attaining rapidly similar size of primary ones, transverse riblets present producing a rasp-like surface. Apex with a deep, narrow slit at the convex side. Oral section polygonal, circular or slightly dorsoventrally compressed (Ref. 3441).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Empty shells collected from depths of 40 to 1980 m (Ref. 3441). Minimum depth from Ref. 111279.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Scaphopoda are gonochoric. Fertilization occurs in the mantle cavity. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into free-swimming lecithotrophic trochophore larvae, succeeded by shelled veligers.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Steiner, G. and A.R. Kabat. 2004. (Ref. 1821)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.8 - 18.4, mean 5.2 (based on 231 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.