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Modiolus auriculatus   (Krauss, 1848)

Eared horse mussel

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Mauritius 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/mp.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://ncb.intnet.mu/fishco/index.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Oliver, P.G., A.M. Holmes, I.J. Killeen, J.M. Light and H. Wood, 2004
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Japanese false mussel, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Mytilida () > Mytilidae (sea mussels)

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

; rango de profundidad 0 - 25 m (Ref. 348).   Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

Indo-Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea: from East and South Africa, to eastern Polynesia; north to Japan and south to northern Australia.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.5 cm ShL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 348); common length : 6.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 348)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Attached to rocks and in crevices. Littoral and sublittoral to a depth of 25 m (Ref. 348). Found in intertidal reefs in rock pools and crevices (Ref. 377). Also found in sandy mudflats (Ref. 2925). Living in rock-pools and crevices of rocks at low-water mark, not common (Ref. 88739).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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 Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.6 - 29.3, mean 28.3 (based on 3387 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.