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Mytilus platensis   d'Orbigny, 1842

River plata mussel

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Bivalvia > Mytilida () > Mytilidae (sea mussels)

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

Benthic; brackish; depth range 36 - 64 m (Ref. 111861), usually 36 - 58 m (Ref. 111862).   Tropical, preferred 14°C (Ref. 107945); 31°S - 50°S, 69°W - 50°W (Ref. 85437)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southwest Atlantic: From Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil to Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. )

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 111862. Depth range and common depth based on occurrence; to be replaced with a better reference.

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Aquaculture: production; Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Resilience (Ref. 69278) High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.25-0.38).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.