Bivalvia | 
Ostreida | 
Ostreidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range				
				
					Οικολογία				
				
			
			
				; Υφάλμυρο;  εύρος βάθους 0 - 50 m (Αναφ. 104365).  Tropical, preferred 27°C (Αναφ. 107945); 25°N -   35°S, 96°W -   34°W			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Atlantic Ocean:  from southern Gulf of Mexico to Uruguay.  Introduced in UK.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age
			
			
				Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 12.0 cm NG αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 271)			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						Diagnostic features:  Shell lightweight, deep-cupped inequivalve, left valve (attached) larger than right.  Shell shape and outline variable.  Inner margin smooth.  Presidium transversally striated.  Colour:  externally dirty light grey, internally whitish or light grey splotched with bluish purple (Ref. 271).					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					It has a total length of 12 cm.  Fisheries:  It is heavily exploited due to over exploitation or contaminated by organic pollutants.  It is consumed raw, fried, grilled or boiled.  Canned industrially (Ref. 271). Attached to roots of Rhizophora mangle, rocks or other oyster shells.  It is mostly intertidal or shallow-subtidal species (Ref. 271).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | 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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Carpenter, K.E. (ed.) 2002 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, Rome. 600p. (Αναφ. 271)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Αναφ. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
				αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά)			
			
			
				FAO - Υδατοκαλλιέργειες: production; αλιεία: landings | FishSource | Η θάλασσα γύρω μας			
			
			
			
			
			
Εργαλεία
			
			
			
			
				
					Περισσότερες πληροφορίες				
				
					 Population dynamicsΑύξησηMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionΑφθονία   Life cycleΑναπαραγωγήΓεννητική ΩρίμανσηΓονιμότηταΓεννοβολίαEggsEgg developmentLarvae   PhysiologyΚατανάλωση οξυγόνου
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				Διαδικτυακές πηγές
			
			
			
			
			
				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 26.2 - 28, mean 27.3 (based on 170 cells).			
 
			
			
			
							
					Ελαστικότητα  				
				
				
					Υψηλό, ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού < 15 μήνες (K=2.79).				
			
			
							
					 Prior r = 0.81, 95% CL = 0.54 - 1.22, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.				
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
							
					
						Climate Vulnerability  					
					
					High vulnerability (57 of 100).				
						
			
			
			
				Nutrients  :  Calcium = 149 [71, 228]  mg/100g; Iron = 8.53 [1.95, 15.11]  mg/100g; Protein = 9.88 [8.64, 11.12] %; Omega3 = 0.313 [0.202, 0.423]  g/100g; Selenium = 61 [50, 72]  μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 2.04 [0.56, 3.51]  mg/100g (wet weight); based on 
nutrient studies.