Placuna ephippium   (Philipsson, 1788)

Saddle oyster

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Placuna ephippium

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Pectinida | Placunidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 10 m (Ref. 348).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific: from Thailand to Indonesia; north to Taiwan Province of China and the Philippines, and south to Australia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 21.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 348); common length : 13.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 348)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Collected for food in Indo-China (Ref. 348). Lying free, with its right valve underneath, in shallow water (Ref. 348). Mainly in subtidal sandy to muddy areas (Ref. 128042).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 348)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.6 - 29.3, mean 28.7 (based on 1857 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (11 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.