Benthocardiella ituartei   Güller & Zelaya, 2022

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

Bivalvia | Carditida | Condylocardiidae

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

Benthic; depth range 30 - 271 m (Ref. 127650).  Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southeast Atlantic: Tierra del Fuego, Isla de los Estados and Burdwood Bank.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Shell small, ca. 0.62 mm maximum length, ovate-trigonal, flat, equivalve. Prodissoconch posteriorly projected. Hinge plate narrow. Resilifer minute. Right valve: tooth immediately behind the resilifer (proximal posterior tooth), massive. Left valve: anteriormost tooth (distal anterior tooth), narrowly elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

One of the small-sized sub-Antarctic bivalve species. Living specimens found only at depths 30-45 m (Ref. 127650).

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

Guller, M. and D.G. Zelaya. 2022. (Ref. 127650)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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