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Mytilus galloprovincialis   Lamarck, 1819

Mediterranean mussel

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed.
Mytilus galloprovincialis  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Mytilus galloprovincialis


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Common names from other countries

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

> Mytilida () > Mytilidae (sea mussels)

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

; tiefenbereich 125 - 200 m (Ref. 2754).   Tropical, preferred 16°C (Ref. 107945); 61°N - 30°N, 11°W - 36°E

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Einführungen

Northeast Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Introduced to the Arctic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 16.5 cm SHL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 109255)

Kurzbeschreibung Morphologie

The shell lacks radiating ridges containing three small teeth below the beak. The exterior is often bluish black with the interior portion being dull blue (Ref. 310).

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

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.

Hauptreferenz Referenzen | Koordinator | Partner

Demir, M. 2003. (Ref. 2754)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)


CITES Status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: kommerziell
FAO - Aquakultur: production, Artbeschreibung; Fischereien: landings, Artbeschreibung | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Tools

Internet Quellen

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Aquakultur: Artbeschreibung; Fischereien: Artbeschreibung; publication : search) | GenBank (Genom, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Gehe zu, Suchen) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 5.5 - 18, mean 11 (based on 176 cells).
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 69278) hoch, Verdopplung der Population dauert weniger als 15 Monate. (K=0.1-1.82).
Prior r = 0.50, 95% CL = 0.33 - 0.75, Based on 2 data-limited stock assessments.
Verwundbarkeit (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766): Medium.