Modiolus philippinarum (Hanley, 1843)

Philippine horse mussel

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

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Modiolus philippinarum AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS

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Modiolus philippinarum

Classification / Names প্রচলিত নাম সমূহ | প্রতিনাম সমূহ | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Mytilida | Mytilidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / গভীরতার পরিসীমা / distribution range বাস্তুসংস্থান

; গভীরতার পরিসীমা 0 - 40 m (সূত্র 348). Tropical

Distribution দেশ সমূহ | এফ এ ও এলাকাসমূহ | বাস্তুতন্ত্র | দৃষ্টিগোচর | প্রচলন

Indo-Pacific: from eastern Africa, to eastern Indonesia; north to Japan and south to Queensland and Western Australia.

Length at first maturity / আকৃতি / Weight / Age

পরিপক্কতা : L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 13.0 cm TL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (সূত্র 348); common length : 8.5 cm TL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (সূত্র 348)

Short description বহিঃ অঙ্গ সংস্থান

Shell relatively thin but solid, swollen, elongate-ovate and roughly trapeziform in outline. Anterior margin short, protruding anteriorly well beyond the inflated umbones, posterodorsal margin long, oblique in relation to ventral margin, slightly arched, forming an obtuse and rounded angle with the broadly rounded posterior margin. Ventral margin long and slightly sinuous, with a shallow concavity at about midlength of shell. Outer surface sculptured with numerous concentric growth marks. Periostracum generally smooth. Hinge line smooth, without teeth or crenulations. Anterior adductor scar present. Internal margins smooth. Colour: outside of shell yellowish brown. Interior pearly and off-white to purplish red.

On muddy and gravely mudflats (Ref. 821). Littoral and sublittoral to a depth of 40 m (Ref. 348). Byssally attached to pebbles and sand grains on sandy to muddy shores, only exposing the posterior margin of its shell (Ref. 125512).

Life cycle and mating behavior পরিপক্কতা | প্রজনন | ডিম ছাড়া | Eggs | ডিম্বধারন ক্ষমতা | 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.