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Tapes belcheri Sowerby, 1852
Belcher's venus![Image of Tapes belcheri (Belcher\](/images/thumbnails/gif/Tn_Tabel_u0.gif "Image of Tapes belcheri (Belcher\")
Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Bivalvia | Venerida | Veneridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Benthic, usually 0 - 20 m (Ref. 75831). Tropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Indo-West Pacific: from Mauritius Islands and the Gulf of Aden to the Philippines; north to China and southern Japan, and south to central Queensland.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 348); common length : 4.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 348)
Found in intertidal areas in sand (Ref. 75831).
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)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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