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Modiolus metcalfei   (Hanley, 1843)

Yellowbanded horse mussel

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Viet Nam 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/vm.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Poutiers, J.M., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Mytilida () > Mytilidae (sea mussels)

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

; गहराई सीमा 0 - 25 m (Ref. 348).   Tropical

वितरण देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Indo-West Pacific: from East Africa to the Philippines; north to Japan and south to Indonesia.

Length at first maturity / आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 348); common length : 6.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 348)

Short description आकृति विज्ञान

Shell rather inflated, roughly triangular and elongate-ovate in outline. Anterior margin short, slightly protruding anteriorly beyond the umbones. Posterodorsal margin straightish, forming a rather sharp angle with the produced, roundly wedge-shaped posterior margin. Ventral margin long and nearly straight in the posterior 2/3, recurved anteriorly. Outer surface smoothish, with only fine concentric growth marks, frequently eroded towards the umbones. Periostracum hairs not branched, developed on posterior half of the of valves. Hinge line smooth, without teeth or crenulations. Anterior adductor scar present. Internal margins smooth. Colour: outside of shell dull olive-brown, often with a median yellowish radial band. Interior pearly, pale greyish blue to purple.

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Attached to pebbles or to mangrove prop roots, on muddy bottoms of sheltered bays, especially in areas under the influence of freshwater supply. Littoral and sublittoral to a depth of 25 m (Ref. 348).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा

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 संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 348)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

मात्स्यिकी: व्यापारिक
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साधन

अधिक जानकारी

देश
ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र
Ecosystems
संयोग
भूमिका
Stocks
पारिस्थितिकी
आहार
खाद्य पदार्थ
आम नाम
उपशब्द
परभक्षी
पुनरुत्पत्ति
परिपक्व अवधि
मछलीऔ का अंडे देना
Fecundity
अंडे
Egg development
Age/Size
बाढ़
Length-weight
Length-length
आकृति विज्ञान
लार्वा
बहुतायत
संदर्भ
Mass conversion

इंटरनेट स्रोत

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.7 - 29.3, mean 28.7 (based on 1901 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.