Bivalvia |
Mytilida |
Mytilidae
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
Benthic; profondeur 0 - 50 m (Réf. 101292). Tropical; 10°C - 30°C (Réf. 113750), preferred 26°C (Réf. 107945); 37°N - 35°S, 64°W - 82°E
Western Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea: from the southern Caribbean to Uruguay, eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Senegal, and Congo to South Africa, and in the western Indian Ocean from South Africa to Sri Lanka. Introduced in the Gulf of Mexico. Tropical and subtropical.
Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 17.0 cm SHL mâle / non sexé; (Réf. 271)
Description synthétique
Morphologie
Shell mussel-shaped, ventral margin straight, posterior end rounded. Shell surface smooth except for fine growth lines. Hinge 1 or 2 teeth. Periostracum flaky. Colour: externally brown or light brown with concentric yellow bands near ventral margin, internally purple, nacreous.
It is heavily exploited commercially, stocks are dwindling in southernmost part or range. Consumed boiled in juices, marinated, grilled with rice, or in a number of different local dishes. Canned industrially (Ref. 271). Minimum depth from Ref. 104365. It is attached by byssus onto hard substrates, common in high-energy rocky coasts (Ref. 271). Feeds primarily on detritus (Ref. 114808).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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.
Carpenter, K.E. (ed.) 2002 The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 1: Introduction, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5, Rome. 600p. (Réf. 271)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN
(Réf. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
statut CITES (Réf. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Menace pour l'homme
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: hautement commercial
FAO - Aquaculture Systems: production searchpêcheries: landings search; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Outils
Plus d'informations
Dynamique des populations Cycle de vieReproductionMaturitéFéconditéFraiŒufsDéveloppement de l'œufLarves PhysiologieConsommation d'oxygène
Liées à l'hommeTimbres, pièces de monnaie, divers
Sources Internet
Estimations basées sur des modèles
Résilience
(Ref. 69278): |
Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=0.06-1.5) |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche
(Réf. 71543) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100). |
Vulnérabilité climatique
(Réf. 125649) |
Moderate to high vulnerability (51 of 100) |
Catégorie de prix
(Réf. 80766): |
Medium. |
Nutrients
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Calcium = 149 [71, 228] mg/100g; Iron = 8.53 [1.95, 15.11] mg/100g; Protein = 9.88 [8.64, 11.12] %; Omega3 = 0.313 [0.202, 0.423] g/100g; Selenium = 61 [50, 72] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 2.04 [0.56, 3.51] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies. |
