Bivalvia |
Pectinida |
Pectinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range
पारिस्थितिकी
; गहराई सीमा 10 - 50 m (संदर्भ 129097), usually 30 - 36 m (संदर्भ 129097). Tropical; 22°N - 9°N, 89°W - 65°W
Western Central Atlantic: The Caribbean Sea from Honduras, Greater Antilles, to the north coast of South America.
Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age
परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 6.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 344)
Shell thin but strong, circular, moderately inflated, inequivalve. Wing-like projections small. Surface smooth, glossy, but internally with 30 to 40 paired radial ribs. Lower (right) valve more convex than upper (left) valve. Hinge straight. Colour: lower valve cream with light brown rays, upper valve reddish brown mottled with white.
Substrate: sandy mud bottoms (Ref. 344).
Life cycle and mating behavior
परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | 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.
Leal, J.H. 2003 Bivalves. p. 25-98. In Carpenter, K.E. (ed.). The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 1: Introduction, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. 1600p. (संदर्भ 344)
IUCN Red List Status
(संदर्भ 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (संदर्भ 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (संदर्भ 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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साधन
अधिक जानकारी
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
संघटक आहार
आहार खपत
परभक्षी
Population dynamicsबाढ़
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
बहुतायत
Life cycleपुनरुत्पत्तिपरिपक्व अवधिFecundityमछलीऔ का अंडे देनाEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
इंटरनेट स्रोत
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 27.5 - 28.2, mean 27.7 (based on 10 cells).