Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
; brakwater; diepteverspreiding 0 - 1 m (Ref. 105875). Tropical, preferred 15°C (Ref. 107945); 61°N - 13°N, 18°W - 36°E
Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean: from Norway to United Kingdom, France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Mauritania, and Senegal, including the Mediterranean, from Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Algeria. Introduced in Azores Islands. Temperate to tropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.0 cm SHL mannelijk/geslacht niet bekend; (Ref. 109255); common length : 6.0 cm SHL mannelijk/geslacht niet bekend; (Ref. 437)
Found in sheltered bays, estuaries and lagoons (Ref. 106936). Tends to bury itself in sand, muddy gravel, clay (Ref. 78574) or silty mud (Ref. 107087) and is found on the lower shore and shallow sublittoral (Ref. 78574). Feeds on phytoplankton and detritus (Ref. 107087).
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.
SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Status bij CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: commercieel
FAO - Aquacultuur: production, soortsprofiel; Visserij: landings, soortsprofiel | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Tools
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 9.4 - 21.1, mean 18.1 (based on 876 cells).
Weerstandsvermogen
Hoog, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd minder dan 15 maanden (K=0.44-0.52).
Kwetsbaarheid
Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
