Bivalvia |
Cardiida |
Donacidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; brackish; depth range 0 - 11 m (Ref. 83435). Subtropical; 42°N - 10°N, 98°W - 63°W
Western Atlantic: North America, from New York to Texas and Mexico, throughout the Gulf of Mexico. The Sea of Marmara and the Mediterranean: Introduced in Egypt and Turkey. Tropical to subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.9 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435); max. reported age: 1.00 years (Ref. 8702)
Found in the intertidal zone on coarse-grained (Ref. 104171) sandy beaches (Refs. 104348, 104171). Some migrate up and down the beach with the tides (Ref. 104348). Actively migrates by jumping out of the sand and riding specific waves (Ref. 104171). Filter-feeder (Ref. 104245). Feeds on phytoplankton, algae, detritus, bacteria and other small suspended particles via its short siphons (Ref. 104246).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Semelparous species (Ref. 104352). 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 (Ref. 833).
Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum. 2005. (Ref. 19)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
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Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.4 - 28, mean 26.8 (based on 348 cells).
