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Mactridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
; brakwater; diepteverspreiding 5 - 12 m (Ref. 106644). Subtropical; 62°N - 30°N, 11°W - 37°E
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.4 cm SHL mannelijk/geslacht niet bekend; (Ref. 2758)
Found in shallow (Ref. 105316) sublittoral zone (Refs. 105316, 106644). Inhabits fine well sorted sand (Ref. 2780). Found in areas influenced by estuarine outflows (Ref. 96507). An active suspension feeder (Ref. 96376), and sessile-burrower (Ref. 96498). In general, suspension feeding bivalves mainly depend on phytoplankton and detritus material for nutrition (Ref. 107088).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Geslachtsrijpheid | Voortplanting | Kuitschieten | Eieren | Fecundity | Larven
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.
Gaspar, M.B., M.N. Santos and P. Vasconcelos. 2001. (Ref. 2758)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Status bij CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Gevaarlijk voor mensen
Gebruik door de mens
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 9.9 - 19.6, mean 17.6 (based on 639 cells).
Kwetsbaarheid
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
