Bivalvia | 
Pectinida | 
Pectinidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 0 - 80 m (Ref. 89006).  Subtropical; 25°S -   51°S, 112°E -   178°W			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-West Pacific:  from Shark Bay, Australia to Kermadec, and south to New Zealand.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.3 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. )			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Epibenthic (Ref. 66309).  Living at 10 m to 73 m water depth (Ref. 89006), in coastal waters (Ref. 121746).  Occurs in sandy-muddy sediments (Ref. 66309).  Mainly found on silt-sand and coarse sand (Refs. 121744, 121746).  Abundant offshore (Ref. 121738).  Filter feeder; sifts plankton and detritus from the water column (Ref. 121745).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Dijkstra, H.H. and B.A. Marshall 1997 Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae: Pectinidae) of Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and the Kermadec Islands. Molluscan Research 18(1):73-114. (Ref. 89006)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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				Fisheries: commercial			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 15 - 26.4, mean 18.3 (based on 336 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.