Bivalvia | 
Mytilida | 
Mytilidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 122 - 4636 m (Ref. 124196).  Polar; 14°S -   78°S, 178°W -   180°E			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Antarctic Atlantic, Southeast Pacific and Southeast Atlantic:  Antarctica, Peru and South Africa.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.3 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Depth estimate based on Genus (Ref. 3118).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				MarineSpecies.org 2050 MarineSpecies.org. http://www.marinespecies.org/index.php (Ref. 3477)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
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						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).