Bivalvia |
Lucinida |
Lucinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 10 - 50 m (Ref. 93550). Tropical
Indo-Pacific: from East Africa, including Madagascar and the Red Sea to eastern Polynesia; north to Japan and Hawaii, and south to New South Wales. Tropical and subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.5 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 348); common length : 2.5 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 348)
Found from immediate subtidal to 30 m in shelly sand; dead specimens to 45 m (Ref. 337). Feeds on detritus (Ref. 100890).
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.
Raines, B. and M. Huber. 2012. (Ref. 93550)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 22.6 - 29.1, mean 28 (based on 946 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.