Bivalvia | 
Cardiida | 
Cardiidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 0 - 110 m (Ref. 3446).  Temperate; 82°N -   41°N, 130°E -   60°E			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Arctic, Northern Pacific and Northern Atlantic:  Polar to temperate.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 11.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 95344)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Minimum depth from Ref. 95344. Suspension feeder (Ref. 66387).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Rosenberg, G. 2005 Malacolog 4.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.0)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/ (Ref. 3446)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 0.7 - 9.3, mean 4.8 (based on 98 cells).			
 
			
			
			
							
					Resilience  				
				
				
					Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.13).				
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Moderate vulnerability (45 of 100).