Anodontia philippiana, Chalky buttercup lucine

Anodontia philippiana   (Reeve, 1850)

Chalky buttercup lucine

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Lucinida | Lucinidae

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

Benthic; brackish; depth range 0 - 4 m (Ref. 8252).  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific and Western Atlantic: from Red Sea and East Africa, through south east Asia and northern Australia to New Caledonia and Palau Islands. USA and Canada.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.1 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8252)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Associated with seaward fringe mangroves, where it deeply burrows up to 50 cm into intertidal and shallow subtidal muds and sands (Ref. 77670).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Glover, E.A. and J.D. Taylor. 2007. (Ref. 8252)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  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): 6.4 - 28.9, mean 27.1 (based on 3438 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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