Bivalvia |
Pectinida |
Anomiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 25 - 200 m (Ref. 2754). Subtropical; 68°N - 9°N, 89°W - 44°E
Northeast and Western Central Atlantic, and the Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2758)
Depth based on occurrence (Ref. 2758, p. 805); to be replaced with better reference. Minimum depth from Ref. 2758. Epifaunal, filter feeder (Ref. 96488). This is an attached species (Ref. 3123). Usually under stones (Ref. 107900) and widely distributed over crustose corallines (Ref. 113571).
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.
Demir, M. 2003. (Ref. 2754)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 127697)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 6.7 - 15.2, mean 9.8 (based on 409 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
