Bivalvia |
Lucinida |
Lucinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 93 m (Ref. 104365). Subtropical; 27°C - 28°C; 28°N - 23°N, 91°E - 29°E (Ref. 83435)
Western Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.5 cm NG male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435); common length : 8.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 344)
Diagnostic features: Shell circular (but slightly longer than taller), compressed, thick. Sculpture of radial lines crossed by finer concentric threads, except for smooth surfaces of umbones and 5 mm of subsequent growth. Lunule deep, heart-shaped, larger on right valve. Periostracum thin. Colour: externally white, internally white to pale lemon yellow, with pink margins; periostracum brownish (Ref. 344).
It has a total length of 8.5 cm (Ref. 344). Habitat: Infaunal, burying deeply in sand at subtidal depths (Ref. 344).
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.
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
Fisheries: commercial
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.6 - 26.8, mean 25.6 (based on 58 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
