Bivalvia |
Mytilida |
Mytilidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 3 - 200 m (Ref. 2754). Subtropical; 62°N - 8°N, 32°W - 78°E
Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea: from UK south to Mauritania and east to India.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.6 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7859); common length : 3.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7859); max. reported age: 13 years (Ref. 80239)
Minimum depth from Ref. 122114. Generally occurs in marine coastal habitats (Ref. 122115). Occurs in the lower eulittoral-sublittoral fringe from lower depths to 110 m (Ref. 7859). Main food and feeding type based on another species of the same Genus; to be replaced with a better reference (Ref. 95810).
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.
Demir, M. 2003. (Ref. 2754)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 7.1 - 15.4, mean 10.3 (based on 79 cells).
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.18-0.21; tmax=13).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).