Bivalvia |
Venerida |
Veneridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 348). Tropical; 42°N - 38°S, 32°E - 154°E
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, to Papua New Guinea; north to Japan and south to New South Wales.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 4 - ? cm Max length : 6.5 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 348); common length : 5.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 348)
Maximum depth from Ref. 75831. Found in intertidal to sublittoral (Ref. 345) areas in mud (Ref. 75831) and soft bottoms (Ref. 128042). Discretely motile suspension feeder (Ref. 125928).
Hermaphroditism may also occur in some species (Ref. 107939). Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam (Ref. 833).
SAUP Database 2006 SAUP Database. www.seaaroundus.org. (Ref. 356)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)Diet compositionFood consumptionPredators Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 22.8 - 29.1, mean 28.1 (based on 1268 cells).
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.2).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
