Bivalvia |
Mytilida |
Mytilidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range
Οικολογία
; Υφάλμυρο; εύρος βάθους 0 - 20 m (Αναφ. 83435). Tropical; 64°N - 24°N, 174°W - 52°W (Αναφ. 3446)
Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 12.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 7726)
Western Central Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic: Canada to northeastern Florida; Gulf of Mexico; introduced to California. 8 cm, total length. It lives attached to hard substrates intertidally or at shallow subtidal depths. Diagnostic features: Shell mussel-shaped, thin but strong. Shell margins crenulated. Sculpture of strong, numerous, bifurcating radial ribs, weaker on anteroventral area. Hinge teeth absent. Colour: externally variable, usually yellowish brown, greenish brown, or dark brown, internally bluish white with posterior end (rounded area) purplish (Ref. 271). Maximum depth range based on its ecology; to be replaced with a better reference. It is a key bivalve species mainly found in salt marshes (Refs. 123486, 126240). It lives attached to hard substrates intertidally or at shallow subtidal depths (Ref. 271). It has mutualistic relationship with cordgrass Spartina alterniflora (Ref. 126240).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | 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.
Harvey-Clark, C. 1997 Eastern tidepool and reef: north-central Atlantic marinelife guide. Hancock House Publishers, 64pp. (Αναφ. 7726)
IUCN Red List Status
(Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά)
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Εργαλεία
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες
Τροφική ΟικολογίαFood items (preys)Σύσταση δίαιταςΚατανάλωση τροφήςΘηρευτές Life cycleΑναπαραγωγήΓεννητική ΩρίμανσηΓονιμότηταΓεννοβολίαEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyΚατανάλωση οξυγόνου
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Διαδικτυακές πηγές
Estimates based on models
Ελαστικότητα
Μεσαίο(α), ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού 1,4 - 4,4 έτη (K=0.19-0.33).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100).