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Kellia suborbicularis   (Montagu, 1803)

Suborbicular kellyclam

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Galeommatida | Lasaeidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 101 m (Ref. 104365).  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific, Western Atlantic, Arctic, Antarctic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.3 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 95344)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Minimum depth taken from Ref. 95344. Infaunal (Ref. 104365). Found in the intertidal zone, occupying empty shells, empty pholad holes in crevices and in mussel beds (Ref. 95344).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Zenetos, A., E. Vardala-Theodorou and C. Alexandrakis. 2005. (Ref. 2684)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.3 - 26.4, mean 17.6 (based on 1184 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.