Anodontites trapesialis   (Lamarck, 1819)

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Unionida | Mycetopodidae

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

Benthic; freshwater; depth range ? - 20 m (Ref. 126701), usually 1 - 2 m (Ref. 126701).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

South America Inland Waters.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Very large sized shell, trapezoid outline, thin walled, glassy and smooth periostracum. Mantle with well developed fourth fold, tentacles in excurrent and incurrent canals lacking. Palps with smooth outer surface, with inner large folds, easily view, smooth inner margin. Wide transversal ctenidial folds. Anal papilla thin walled. Pallial cardinal muscle sporadically developed. Posterior region color dark-brown, anterior and median regions vary from dark-brown to pale-green. Hermaphroditic gonad.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Widely distributed in hydrographic regions of the South America, inhabits sandy to muddy or with deposits of silt and clay, never found in gravel or rocky substrates. Also found in river with lower water velocities or in marginal lakes, where it finds food (phytoplankton) in abundnace (Refs. 126701, 126703) (Ref. 126701).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Simone, L.R.L. de. 1994. (Ref. 126701)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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