Bivalvia |
Venerida |
Veneridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range
Ekologi
; djupintervall 2 - 2 m (Ref. 87155). Tropical; 27°C - 28°C (Ref. 87155)
Western Atlantic: from Honduras to southeast Brazil.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.5 cm DL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 83435); common length : 4.5 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 344); rapporterad maxålder: 6 år (Ref. 2823)
Shell thick, trigonal. Sculpture of blade-like concentric ridges crossed by radial ribs. Interspaces between ribs smaller than between ridges. Lunule heart-shaped, dark. Colour: externally white to light grey, sometimes with brown rays, internally white, frequently with blue-purple markings.
Depth range from Belize (Ref. 87155). Sand in shallow subtidal environments, often in seagrass beds. Known from seamounts and knolls (Ref. 3477). Host of Pseudomyicola spinosus (Ref. 3477).
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.
Leal, J.H. 2003 Bivalves. p. 25-98. In Carpenter, K.E. (ed.). The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 1: Introduction, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. 1600p. (Ref. 344)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Verktyg
Ytterligare information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Födosammansättning
Födointag
Predatorer
PhysiologySyreförbrukning
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet-källor
Estimates based on models
Fishing Vulnerability
Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).