Magallana bilineata   (Röding, 1798)

Indian backwater oyster
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Ostreida | Ostreidae

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

Benthic; brackish; depth range 0 - 300 m (Ref. 356).  Tropical, preferred 28°C (Ref. 107945); 26°N - 5°N, 64°E - 94°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.9 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 96220); max. reported age: 4 years (Ref. 8702)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Mainly inhabits brackish waters, wherein it occurs as thick beds in estuaries, backwaters, ports and harbors (Ref. 7693). Found in areas with somewhat reduced salinity within intertidal and shallow subtidal waters (Ref. 348). Though sporadic, it is also found on corals, rocks, hard objects or growing in bunches, on various soft bottoms to a depth of about 4 m (Refs. 101354, 53, 348 ). Feeds on diatoms, zooplankton and detritus (Ref. 107090). Also in Ref. 115735.

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Aquaculture: production; | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.35-1.8; tmax=4).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.