Bivalvia |
Limida |
Limidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 110 - 2321 m (Ref. 3446). Subtropical
Atlantic Ocean, North America, Mediterranean, Black Sea and the Arctic: Turkey, Greece and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Maximum depth from Ref. 104365. Epibiotic (Ref. 104365).
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
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Tools
More information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 1.6 - 13.1, mean 6.9 (based on 347 cells).
Price category
Unknown.