Anomia ephippium, Common jingle shell

Anomia ephippium   Linnaeus, 1758

Common jingle shell

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Pectinida | Anomiidae

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

Benthic; depth range 25 - 200 m (Ref. 2754).  Subtropical; 68°N - 9°N, 89°W - 44°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central and Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2758)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Depth based on occurrence (Ref. 2758, p. 805); to be replaced with better reference. Minimum depth from Ref. 2758. Epifaunal, filter feeder (Ref. 96488). This is an attached species (Ref. 3123). Usually under stones (Ref. 107900) and widely distributed over crustose corallines (Ref. 113571).

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

Demir, M. 2003. (Ref. 2754)

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): 6.7 - 15.2, mean 9.8 (based on 409 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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