Bivalvia |
Ostreida |
Pinnidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 40 m (Ref. 348). Tropical
Indo-Pacific: from Eastern Africa, to eastern Polynesia; north to southern Japan and south to New South Wales.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 31.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 348); common length : 15.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 348)
Occasionally collected for food by coastal populations (Ref. 348). In various soft bottoms (silty mud, sand, sandy gravel), among rocks, in eel-grass flats or in sandy patches or coral reefs, from low tide levels to a depth of about 40 m (Ref. 348). Usually found subtidally in the soft sediments of seagrass beds where it is partially buried vertically (Ref. 102838).
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.
Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 348)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.1 - 29, mean 28 (based on 1120 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (21 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.