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Modiolus aratus   (Dunker, 1857)

Furrowed horse mussel

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Poutiers, J.M., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Mytilida () > Mytilidae (sea mussels)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 30 m (Ref. 348).   Tropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Indo-West Pacific: probably from Madagascar to the Philippines; north to China and south to northern Australia. Note that the exact distribution is not known because of persistent confusion with other species.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.0 cm SHL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 348); common length : 4.0 cm SHL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 348)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Often occurring gregariously, both on hard and soft substrates, and producing large quantities of byssal threads that generally enclose various small hard objects. Littoral and sublittoral to a depth of about 30 m (Ref. 348).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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 Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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

Human uses


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Fonti Internet

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.6 - 29.2, mean 28.5 (based on 2876 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.