Bivalvia |
Venerida |
Cyrenidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Mexico Caribbean to Panama.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cmCommon length : 4.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 344)
Shell outline triangular, as high as long, inflated, heavy. Shell smooth, sculpture absent. Hinge with 3 cardinal teeth situated under umbo; 1 anterior and 1 posterior lateral tooth. Ligament long, narrow. Periostracum smooth. Colour: externally dull white, internally white; periostracum grey to greyish brown.
Infaunal in mud or sandy mud in estuaries, mangrove swamps, and coastal lagoons (Ref. 344).
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.
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)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Price category
Unknown.
