Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater
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Chama pacifica Broderip, 1835
Chama pacifica is originally from the Indo-Pacific and has found its way through the Red Sea and Suez Canal to the Aegean Sea, northeastern Mediterranean. Invasive species that have chosen this route are considered Lespecher migrants.
The hoofed mussel, also called jewel box, occurs in areas of low sedimentation; cemented to massive rocks in exposed areas, with the left valve, which is larger, attached to the substrate.Off the coast of Israel, they share their habitat on bare, rocky outcrops of Kurkar, a submerged eolian sandstone; at depths of 20-40 meters, they form dense populations with the bivalve Spondylus spinosus Schreibers, 1793, with the surfaces of their shells supporting a diverse community of algae and invertebrates..Although the shells are usually heavily encrusted with epibiont flora and fauna, none of the epibionts appear to interfere with Chama growth and reproduction.
Hoofed mussels are stenohaline and nearshore inhabitants of rocky coasts and coral reefs that do not tolerate low salinity well, as in estuarine areas.
Color: White, red, orange or purple on the outside; white on the inside, usually mottled with pale or deep pink, especially at the edges.
Synonyms:
Chama aerruginosa Chenu, 1846 ·
Chama broderipi Reeve, 1846
Chama broderipii Reeve, 1846 ·
Chama carditaeformis Reeve, 1847 ·
Chama claasseni Jonas, 1846 ·
Chama delessertii Chenu, 1846 ·
Chama divaricata Reeve, 1847 ·
Chama douvillei Lamy, 1921 ·
Chama elongata Chenu, 1846 ·
Chama foliacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 ·
Chama fragum var. douvillei Lamy, 1921 ·
Chama meyeri Jonas, 1846 ·
Chama multisquamosa Reeve, 1846 ·
Chama pacifica var. convexa Clessin, 1889 ·
Chama purpurata Chenu, 1846 ·
Chama reflexa Reeve, 1846 ·
Chama rubea Reeve, 1847 ·
Chama segmentina Clessin, 1889 ·
Chama sinistra Chenu, 1846 ·
Chama sulphurea Reeve, 1846 ·
Chama pacifica is originally from the Indo-Pacific and has found its way through the Red Sea and Suez Canal to the Aegean Sea, northeastern Mediterranean. Invasive species that have chosen this route are considered Lespecher migrants.
The hoofed mussel, also called jewel box, occurs in areas of low sedimentation; cemented to massive rocks in exposed areas, with the left valve, which is larger, attached to the substrate.Off the coast of Israel, they share their habitat on bare, rocky outcrops of Kurkar, a submerged eolian sandstone; at depths of 20-40 meters, they form dense populations with the bivalve Spondylus spinosus Schreibers, 1793, with the surfaces of their shells supporting a diverse community of algae and invertebrates..Although the shells are usually heavily encrusted with epibiont flora and fauna, none of the epibionts appear to interfere with Chama growth and reproduction.
Hoofed mussels are stenohaline and nearshore inhabitants of rocky coasts and coral reefs that do not tolerate low salinity well, as in estuarine areas.
Color: White, red, orange or purple on the outside; white on the inside, usually mottled with pale or deep pink, especially at the edges.
Synonyms:
Chama aerruginosa Chenu, 1846 ·
Chama broderipi Reeve, 1846
Chama broderipii Reeve, 1846 ·
Chama carditaeformis Reeve, 1847 ·
Chama claasseni Jonas, 1846 ·
Chama delessertii Chenu, 1846 ·
Chama divaricata Reeve, 1847 ·
Chama douvillei Lamy, 1921 ·
Chama elongata Chenu, 1846 ·
Chama foliacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 ·
Chama fragum var. douvillei Lamy, 1921 ·
Chama meyeri Jonas, 1846 ·
Chama multisquamosa Reeve, 1846 ·
Chama pacifica var. convexa Clessin, 1889 ·
Chama purpurata Chenu, 1846 ·
Chama reflexa Reeve, 1846 ·
Chama rubea Reeve, 1847 ·
Chama segmentina Clessin, 1889 ·
Chama sinistra Chenu, 1846 ·
Chama sulphurea Reeve, 1846 ·
