Bivalvia |
Venerida |
Neoleptonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range
Ekologi
; djupintervall 12 - 271 m (Ref. 127650). Temperate
Southeast Atlantic: Tierra del Fuego and Isla de los Estados.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Shell minute, ca. 1025 µm maximum height, ovate, higher than long, equivalve. Anterior end obliquely projected. Dissoconch sculptured with prominent commarginal cords. Umbos low and rounded, not projected. Hinge plate evenly arcuate ventrally. Resilifer wide.
One of the small-sized sub-Antarctic bivalve species. Living specimens found only at 118 m depth (Ref. 127650).
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.
Guller, M. and D.G. Zelaya 2022 The smallest marine bivalves from the end of the world (Tierra del Fuego, Isla de Los Estados and Burdwood Bank). Polar Biology 45:777-787. (Ref. 127650)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
| FishSource |
Verktyg
Ytterligare information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Födosammansättning
Födointag
Predatorer
Population dynamicsTillväxt
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundans
PhysiologySyreförbrukning
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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