Circomphalus disjectus, Tasmania venus clam

Circomphalus disjectus   (Perry, 1811)

Tasmania venus clam
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Venerida | Veneridae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

.  Temperate

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Endemic to southern Australia and Tasmania.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 5.1 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 360)

Short description Morfologi

Shell: delicate, moderately swollen, equivalve and inequilateral, yellowish-whitish in color; sculpture has thin pink concentric lamellae, well-spaced, curve, grooved on the outer surface, prolonged posteriorly to form a spoutlike process; in between lamellae are thin growth lines; very longe ligament deeply set in the dorsal margin runs from the umbones to the end of the hinge which is heterodont with only three cardinal teeth on each valve; muscle scars almost equal (dimyarian, isomyarian); Pallial line has a shallow sinus (sinopalliate). Body: pair of gills each has two series of lamellae extensively fused in interlamellar junctions (eulamellabranch); foot and siphon moderately developed.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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 referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Sabelli, B. and H.S. Feinberg (eds.) 1879 Simon and Schuster's Guide to Shells. Simon and Schuster's Inc. New York. 512 pp. (Ref. 360)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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