Amusium laurenti, Laurent's scallop
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Amusium laurenti   (Gmelin, 1791)

Laurent's scallop

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Pectinida | Pectinidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 10 - 50 m (Ref. 129097), usually 30 - 36 m (Ref. 129097).  Tropical; 22°N - 9°N, 89°W - 65°W

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Western Central Atlantic: The Caribbean Sea from Honduras, Greater Antilles, to the north coast of South America.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 6.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 344)

Short description Morfologi

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.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Substrate: sandy mud bottoms (Ref. 344).

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.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

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. (Ref. 344)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 27.5 - 28.2, mean 27.7 (based on 10 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

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