Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
. Tropical; 23°C - 30°C (Ref. 102835); 13°N - 9°S, 109°E - 139°E (Ref. 106696)
Western Central Pacific: Restricted in the tropical western Pacific. From Sabah, Malaysia to Palau, north to Philippines and south to Indonesia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 41.1 cm SHL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 117184); common length : 20.0 cm SHL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 348)
Its shell is thinner and smoother than that of H. hippopus, usually devoid of pigmentation, and more semi-circular in profile. The mantle is similar to that of H. hippopus (Rosewater, 1982), except that prominent papillae line the margins of the incurrent siphon.
Collected for food and shell (Ref. 348). Found in shallow waters. Young specimens often byssally attached to coral heads, mature specimens lack a byssus and lay unattached on the substrate (Ref. 348).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam (Ref. 833).
Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 348)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: commerciale
FAO - Acquacoltura: production; | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Strumenti
Fonti Internet
Estimates based on models
Resilienza
Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (K=0.13).
Vulnerability
Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
