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Choromytilus chorus   (Molina, 1782)

Choro mussel

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Choromytilus chorus  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Mytilida () > Mytilidae (sea mussels)

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

; brackwasser; tiefenbereich 0 - 100 m (Ref. 356), usually 4 - 20 m (Ref. 89833).   Temperate, preferred 12°C (Ref. 107945); 7°S - 56°S, 81°W - 52°W

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Einführungen

Southeast Pacific and Atlantic Ocean: From Pacasmayo, Peru to the Strait of Magellan and Beagle Channel including Juan Fernández Islands and to southern Brazil in the Atlantic including Falkland Islands. Introduced in the UK. Subtropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?, range 4 - 4 cm Max length : 26.0 cm SHL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 126826)

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Found in bays. Found at depths of 4 to 8 m (Ref. 106875). Intertidal and subtidal sedimentary and rocky bottoms (Ref. 114788).

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

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.

Hauptreferenz Referenzen | Koordinator | Partner

SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES Status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: kommerziell
FAO - Aquakultur: production; Fischereien: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fischereien: ; publication : search) | GenBank (Genom, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Gehe zu, Suchen) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.5 - 20.5, mean 12.5 (based on 198 cells).
Verwundbarkeit (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766): Medium.