Pachykellya fuegiensis

Pachykellya fuegiensis   Güller & Zelaya, 2022

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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Venerida | Neoleptonidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 12 - 271 m (Ref. 127650).  Temperate

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Southeast Atlantic: Tierra del Fuego and Isla de los Estados.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morfologi

Shell minute, ca. 1025 µm maximum height, ovate, higher than long, equivalve. Anterior end obliquely projected. Dissoconch sculptured with prominent commarginal cords. Umbos low and rounded, not projected. Hinge plate evenly arcuate ventrally. Resilifer wide.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

One of the small-sized sub-Antarctic bivalve species. Living specimens found only at 118 m depth (Ref. 127650).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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 referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Guller, M. and D.G. Zelaya 2022 The smallest marine bivalves from the end of the world (Tierra del Fuego, Isla de Los Estados and Burdwood Bank). Polar Biology 45:777-787. (Ref. 127650)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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

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