Bivalvia |
Limoida |
Limidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 20 - 210 m (Ref. 83435). Polar
Southern Pacific, Southwest Atlantic and the Antarctic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.5 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435)
Found in rocky infralittoral areas (Ref. 87683) and in forests of Macrocystis pyrifera (Ref. 92889). 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).
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.
Gaillard, J.M. 1974. (Ref. 87683)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 3.7 - 12.1, mean 7.2 (based on 135 cells).
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