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Mytilus galloprovincialis   Lamarck, 1819

Mediterranean mussel

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Mytilus galloprovincialis

Romania country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Costanza (Ref. 112489). C: Ref. 112489.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ro.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Romeo, M., C. Frasila, M. Gnassia-Barelli, G. Damiens, D. Micu and G. Mustata, 2005
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Mediterranean mussel, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Mytilida () > Mytilidae (sea mussels)

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

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

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

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

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 16.5 cm SHL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 109255)

Short description Morfologia

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).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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 Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Demir, M. 2003. (Ref. 2754)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
FAO - Acquacoltura: production, species profile; pesca: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Strumenti

E-book | Giuda pratica

Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Acquacoltura: species profile; pesca: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 5.5 - 18, mean 11 (based on 176 cells).
Resilienza (Ref. 69278) Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (K=0.1-1.82).
Prior r = 0.50, 95% CL = 0.33 - 0.75, Based on 2 data-limited stock assessments.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.