Arca zebra, Turkey wing : fisheries

Arca zebra   (Swainson, 1833)

Turkey wing

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Arcida | Arcidae

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

; djupintervall 0 - 140 m (Ref. 83435).  Tropical; 70°N - 34°S, 98°W - 2°E

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Atlantic Ocean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - 5 cm Max length : 10.0 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 344)

Short description Morfologi

Diagnostic features: Shell rectangular, elongate (twice as long as wide), equivalve. Sculpture of about 20 to 30 irregular radial ribs, and fine concentric threads that cross-ribs and interspaces. Byssal gap present opposite to hinge, moderately narrow. Hinge long. Colour: creamy white, streaked with reddish to dark brown wavy bands. Periostracum brown and dense on fresh shells, covering colour pattern almost completely (Ref. 344).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Maximum size reported in Malacolog database was 9 cm in length (Ref. 83435). Epibiotic (Ref. 104365). It is found attached to the underside of rocks and coral heads by byssus (Ref. 344). Commonly forms dense beds on rocky bottoms at depths of 1 and 20 m (Ref. 121800)

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam (Ref. 833).

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Leal, J.H. 2003. (Ref. 344)

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


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 16.1 - 27.8, mean 25 (based on 628 cells).
Resiliens (Ref. 69278): Hög, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mindre än 15 månader (K=1.2).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.