Bivalvia | 
Venerida | 
Veneridae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range				
				
					Ekologi				
				
			
			
				;  djupintervall 25 - 55 m (Ref. 75840), usually 10 - 40 m (Ref. 75831).  Subtropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Pacific.
			
			
			
			
			
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				Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Found subtidal in soft sand (Ref. 53).  Also found in mud (Ref. 75840).  Discretely motile suspension feeder (Ref. 125928).  Reported from Hong Kong to be found in a submarine cave, on the floor sediments (Ref. 126058).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Morris, S. and R.D. Purchon 1981 The marine shelled mollusca of West Malaysia and Singapore. Part 3, Bivalvia. J. Molluscan Stud. 47:322-327. (Ref. 77726)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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