Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; salobre; rango de profundidad 0 - 300 m (Ref. 356). Tropical, preferred 28°C (Ref. 107945); 26°N - 5°N, 64°E - 94°E
Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.9 cm SHL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 96220); edad máxima reportada: 4 años (Ref. 8702)
Mainly inhabits brackish waters, wherein it occurs as thick beds in estuaries, backwaters, ports and harbors (Ref. 7693). Found in areas with somewhat reduced salinity within intertidal and shallow subtidal waters (Ref. 348). Though sporadic, it is also found on corals, rocks, hard objects or growing in bunches, on various soft bottoms to a depth of about 4 m (Refs. 101354, 53, 348 ). Feeds on diatoms, zooplankton and detritus (Ref. 107090). Also in Ref. 115735.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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.
SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial
FAO - Acuicultura: producción; | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Herramientas
Fuentes de Internet
Estimates based on models
Resiliencia
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (K=0.35-1.8; tmax=4).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
