Bivalvia |
Cardiida |
Cardiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range
Ekologi
; djupintervall 0 - 30 m (Ref. 83435). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: USA and Mexico.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Könsmognad: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 11.9 cm DL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 83435)
Diagnostic features: Shell very large for family, inflated, obliquely ovate. Sculpture of about 32 to 36 rounded, smooth radial ribs. Pallial line simple. Margins crenulated. Umbones rounded. Colour: pale tan to yellowish brown, mottled irregularly with red-brown. Posterior slope mahogany brown. Interior salmon pink (Ref. 344).
It has a size of 12.5 cm (Ref. 344). Maximum depth from Ref. 104365. Habitat: Buried in sand in shallow subtidal environments (Ref. 344).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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.
Leal, J.H. 2003 Bivalves. p. 25-98. In Carpenter, K.E. (ed.). The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 1: Introduction, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. 1600p. (Ref. 344)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Verktyg
Ytterligare information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Födosammansättning
Födointag
Predatorer
Population dynamicsTillväxt
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundans
PhysiologySyreförbrukning
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet-källor
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.2 - 28.2, mean 26.8 (based on 495 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
