Bivalvia |
Cardiida |
Donacidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range
Οικολογία
; Υφάλμυρο; εύρος βάθους 0 - 11 m (Αναφ. 83435). Subtropical; 42°N - 10°N, 98°W - 63°W
Western Atlantic: North America, from New York to Texas and Mexico, throughout the Gulf of Mexico. The Sea of Marmara and the Mediterranean: Introduced in Egypt and Turkey. Tropical to subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.9 cm DL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 83435); μεγ. αναφερόμενη ηλικία: 1.00 έτη (Αναφ. 8702)
Found in the intertidal zone on coarse-grained (Ref. 104171) sandy beaches (Refs. 104348, 104171). Some migrate up and down the beach with the tides (Ref. 104348). Actively migrates by jumping out of the sand and riding specific waves (Ref. 104171). Filter-feeder (Ref. 104245). Feeds on phytoplankton, algae, detritus, bacteria and other small suspended particles via its short siphons (Ref. 104246).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | Larvae
Semelparous species (Ref. 104352). 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 (Ref. 833).
Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum 2005 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2005 Annual Checklist. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K. (Αναφ. 19)
IUCN Red List Status
(Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
αλιεία: παραδοσιακή αλιεία
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Εργαλεία
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες
PhysiologyΚατανάλωση οξυγόνου
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Διαδικτυακές πηγές
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.4 - 28, mean 26.8 (based on 348 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).