Bivalvia |
Venerida |
Veneridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 26 - 145 m (Ref. 114864). Subtropical; 72°N - 6°N, 18°W - 37°E (Ref. 78075)
Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean: Norway to Senegal and Benin.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 78075)
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.
VLIZ, Flanders Marine Institute 2005 Aphia Taxon details: Achlyonice ecalcarea Théel, 1879. http://www.vliz.be/cgi-bin/aphi2web.exe?action=taxon&id=17410 [accessed 15 December 2005]. (Ref. 124)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).