Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; saumâtre; profondeur 0 - 50 m (Ref. 104365). Tropical, preferred 27°C (Ref. 107945); 25°N - 35°S, 96°W - 34°W
Atlantic Ocean: from southern Gulf of Mexico to Uruguay. Introduced in UK.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 12.0 cm NG mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 271)
Description synthétique
Morphologie
Diagnostic features: Shell lightweight, deep-cupped inequivalve, left valve (attached) larger than right. Shell shape and outline variable. Inner margin smooth. Presidium transversally striated. Colour: externally dirty light grey, internally whitish or light grey splotched with bluish purple (Ref. 271).
It has a total length of 12 cm. Fisheries: It is heavily exploited due to over exploitation or contaminated by organic pollutants. It is consumed raw, fried, grilled or boiled. Canned industrially (Ref. 271). Attached to roots of Rhizophora mangle, rocks or other oyster shells. It is mostly intertidal or shallow-subtidal species (Ref. 271).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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.
Carpenter, K.E. (ed.). 2002. (Ref. 271)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
statut CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial
FAO - Aquaculture: production; pêcheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Outils
Sources Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 26.2 - 28, mean 27.3 (based on 170 cells).
Résilience
Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=2.79).
Prior r = 0.81, 95% CL = 0.54 - 1.22, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Vulnérabilité
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
