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Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Mexico Caribbean to Panama.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 4.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 344)
Shell outline triangular, as high as long, inflated, heavy. Shell smooth, sculpture absent. Hinge with 3 cardinal teeth situated under umbo; 1 anterior and 1 posterior lateral tooth. Ligament long, narrow. Periostracum smooth. Colour: externally dull white, internally white; periostracum grey to greyish brown.
Infaunal in mud or sandy mud in estuaries, mangrove swamps, and coastal lagoons (Ref. 344).
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.
Leal, J.H. 2003. (Ref. 344)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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More information
Age/SizeGrowthLength-weightLength-lengthMorphologyLarvaeAbundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Price category
Unknown.