Bivalvia |
Cardiida |
Cardiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 75831). Tropical
Western Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Depth range based on occurrence; to be replaced with a better reference. Found intertidal in sand (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. (Ref. 75831)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Age/SizeGrowthLength-weightLength-lengthMorphologyLarvaeAbundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 19.3 - 28.9, mean 27.8 (based on 378 cells).
