Bivalvia | 
Pectinida | 
Pectinidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 0 - 500 m (Ref. 356), usually 0 - 30 m (Ref. 437).  Subtropical, preferred 20°C (Ref. 107945); 45°N -   28°S, 29°W -   36°E			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea:  from Portugal to Canary Islands, Azores Island then east to Lebanon.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?, range 5 -  6 cm Max length : 25.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 356); common length : 10.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 437)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Offshore (Ref. 437).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Life cycle:  Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam (Ref. 833).				
			
			
			
			
			
				SAUP Database 2006 SAUP Database. www.seaaroundus.org. (Ref. 356)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
				Fisheries: commercial			
			
			
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 15.9 - 21.6, mean 18.7 (based on 220 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
							
					 Prior r = 0.43, 95% CL = 0.29 - 0.65, Based on 1 full stock assessment.				
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).					
				
						
							
					
						Climate Vulnerability  					
					
					High vulnerability (64 of 100).				
						
			
			
			
				Nutrients  :  Calcium = 149 [71, 228]  mg/100g; Iron = 8.53 [1.95, 15.11]  mg/100g; Protein = 9.88 [8.64, 11.12] %; Omega3 = 0.313 [0.202, 0.423]  g/100g; Selenium = 61 [50, 72]  μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 2.04 [0.56, 3.51]  mg/100g (wet weight); based on 
nutrient studies.