Bivalvia |
Arcida |
Arcidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 30 m (Ref. 75831). Subtropical; 42°N - 18°N, 108°E - 143°E
Northwest Pacific: from Hainan, China, Gulf of Tonkin, Taiwan, north to Yellow Sea, Korea and Honshu, Japan.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 1 - 2 cm Max length : 6.2 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 126569); max. reported age: 7 years (Ref. 126569)
Found low intertidal in sand and mud (Ref. 53).
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.
Bernard, F.R., Y.Y. Cai and B. Morton 1993 Catalogue of the living marine bivalve molluscs of China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 121 p. (Ref. 75831)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Resilience
(Ref. 69278): |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.43; tmax=7) |
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100). |
