Bivalvia |
Mytilida |
Mytilidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 18 - 89 m (Ref. 98880). Tropical
Western and Central Pacific: Hong Kong, Philippines and French Polynesia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Mininum depth based on occurrence (Ref. 75840). Subtidal. Found burrowing both in dead and living corals (Ref. 75840). Also found boring into rock oysters (Ref. 125512). Reported from Hong Kong to be found on the ceilings and walls of submarine caves (Ref. 126058).
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.
Poppe, G.T. 2010. (Ref. 86910)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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