Bivalvia |
Carditida |
Carditidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic, usually 10 - 55 m (Ref. 75831). Subtropical
Northwest Pacific: China, Taiwan and Japan.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Found in sand (Ref. 53).
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.
Nomura, S. 1933 Catalogue of the Tertiary and Quartenary mollusca of the island of Taiwan (Formosa) in the institute of Geology and Palaeontology. Tohoku Imperial Universsity Sendai. Part 1. Pelecypoda. Scientific Reports of Tohoku Imperial University (series 2)16:1-108 + plates 1-4. (Ref. 77700)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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