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Mytilus galloprovincialis   Lamarck, 1819

Mediterranean mussel

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Greece country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: M: Ref. 74416.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gr.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Zenetos, A., E. Vardala-Theodorou and C. Alexandrakis, 2005
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Mediterranean mussel, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Mytilida () > Mytilidae (sea mussels)

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

; tiefenbereich 125 - 200 m (Ref. 2754).   Tropical, preferred 16°C (Ref. 107945); 61°N - 30°N, 11°W - 36°E

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Einführungen

Northeast Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Introduced to the Arctic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 16.5 cm SHL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 109255)

Kurzbeschreibung Morphologie

The shell lacks radiating ridges containing three small teeth below the beak. The exterior is often bluish black with the interior portion being dull blue (Ref. 310).

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Found in warmer waters (Ref. 95344). Occurs in quiet waters and lives lower in the intertidal zone attached to rock substrates (Refs. 310, 125090). Inhabits muddy and sandy bottoms (Ref. 125090). Smaller individuals move to the outer edge of the colony (Ref. 310). Feeds on a variety of phyto- and zooplankton (Ref. 112108).

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

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.

Hauptreferenz Referenzen | Koordinator | Partner

Demir, M. 2003. (Ref. 2754)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)

  Nicht untersucht 

CITES Status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: kommerziell
FAO - Aquakultur: production, Artbeschreibung; Fischereien: landings, Artbeschreibung | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Tools

E-book | Feldführer

Internet Quellen

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Aquakultur: Artbeschreibung; Fischereien: Artbeschreibung; publication : search) | GenBank (Genom, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Gehe zu, Suchen) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 5.5 - 18, mean 11 (based on 176 cells).
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 69278) hoch, Verdopplung der Population dauert weniger als 15 Monate. (K=0.1-1.82).
Prior r = 0.50, 95% CL = 0.33 - 0.75, Based on 2 data-limited stock assessments.
Verwundbarkeit (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766): Medium.