Bivalvia |
Carditida |
Astartidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 39 - 1500 m (Ref. 119523). Polar; 84°N - 56°N, 140°W - 134°E
Northern Atlantic and the Arctic: from Canadian Arctic to northern Greenland, south to Ireland and east to Laptev Sea.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Found in the continental shelf and slope (Ref. 63615).
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.
Piepenburg, D., N.V. Chernova, C.F. von Dorrien, J. Gutt, A.V. Neyelov, E. Rachor, L. Saldanha and M.K. Schmid. 1996. (Ref. 2952)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Unknown.