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Modiolus rectus   (Conrad, 1837)

Straight horsemussel

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Peru 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: Known from Paita (Ref. 95344). R: Ref. 95344.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Harbo, R.M., 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Mytilida () > Mytilidae (sea mussels)

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

; djupintervall 0 - 15 m (Ref. 95344).   Subtropical

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Northern and Central Pacific and Northeast Atlantic: UK.

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 23.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 95344)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Burrows in sand or mud; anchored by byssal threads with white siphons exposed at surface (Ref. 95344).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

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

Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams. 1998. (Ref. 1667)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses


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Internet-källor

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.1 - 17.2, mean 10.2 (based on 519 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.