Bivalvia | 
Pectinida | 
Pectinidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 2 - 4545 m (Ref. 124196).  Polar; 59°S -   78°S, 179°W -   180°E			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Antarctic:  Antarctica.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?, range 4 -  5 cm Max length : 9.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7659); max. reported age: 7 years (Ref. 8702)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Epifaunal, highest densities found in shallow water of 4 to 6 m depth (Refs. 2590, 7659) (Ref. 2590).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				SAUP Database 2006 SAUP Database. www.seaaroundus.org. (Ref. 356)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): -1.8 - -1.1, mean -1.5 (based on 96 cells).			
 
			
			
			
							
					Resilience  				
				
				
					Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.11; tm=6; tmax=7).				
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.