Gryphus vitreus, Two layer shell

Gryphus vitreus   (Born, 1778)

Two layer shell

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

Articulata | Terebratulida | Terebratulidae

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

Benthic; depth range 73 - 260 m (Ref. 2200).  Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Preferred substrate; pedicle attachment to rocks; gravel clasts; eurybathic; circalittoral-bathyal (Ref. 1885).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the phylum Brachiopoda are gonochoric. Eggs are shed into the water and fertilized at the time of spawning. Life cycle: Eggs develop into free-swimming larvae which later metamorphose into adult.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Emig, C.C. and M.A. Garcia-Carrascosa. 1991. (Ref. 2200)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 11 - 12, mean 11.3 (based on 16 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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