Bivalvia |
Venerida |
Chamidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Subtropical
Eastern Pacific: from USA to Mexico.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 5.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 310)
It is cemented to stones by the right valve. The shell is usually badly eroded and dull white with orange siphons and white tenticles (Ref. 310).
It has a shell diameter of 5 cm (Ref. 310). Habitat: Found in large clusters on rocks along the open coast (Ref. 310).
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.
Anonymous. 2001. (Ref. 310)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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