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Myrtea compressa   (Dall, 1881)

Compressed lucine

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Myrtea compressa  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Cuba country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Ref. 104365.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Turgeon, D.D., W.G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg and F. Moretzsohn, 2009
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Compressed lucine, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Bivalvia > Lucinida () > Lucinidae (lucinas)

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

Benthic; depth range 132 - 775 m (Ref. 83435).   Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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

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: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses


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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.4 - 14.6, mean 4 (based on 151 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.