Bivalvia |
Mytilida |
Mytilidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Subtropical
Eastern Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 4.5 cm male/unsexed; (Ref. 310)
Fan shaped, with a thin shell and contains fine radiating ribs. The hind end is broadly rounded and has a black exterior with a purple interior (Ref. 310).
It has a shell length of 4.5 cm (Ref. 310). Found lower in the intertidal zone in Northern California then Southern California and is often nestled in nooks and crevices (Ref. 310).
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.
Anonymous. 2001. (Ref. 310)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 12.9 - 19, mean 17 (based on 57 cells).