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Pteria colymbus ( anglais )

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Pteria colymbus, the Atlantic winged oyster, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Pteriidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to Bermuda and Brazil.[2]

Description

The Atlantic winged oyster grows to about 7 centimetres (2.8 in) long and is a distinctive, asymmetric shape. It has a long straight hinge with one wing drawn out a long way and the other one much smaller. The upper valve is brownish, often mottled with paler markings. The lower valve is flatter and smaller and the interior of the shell is pearly grey. The posterior margin is rounded while the anterior margin is elongated and slopes at an acute angle to the hinge. There are a number of indistinct, irregular ribs that flare out from the umbo. These are sparsely covered with blunt spines and there is a fine sculpturing of concentric growth lines.[3][4][5]

Distribution

The Atlantic winged oyster is found in the Western Atlantic at depths between 3 and 30 metres (10 to 100 feet). The range extends from North Carolina and Florida, southwards through the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico to Venezuela and northern Brazil.[5]

Biology

The Atlantic winged oyster is often found attached to the stems of gorgonian corals by strong byssus threads. It often has algae and other organisms growing on the shell which make it well camouflaged. It is a filter feeder and is reproductively active all year round. The spat abundance varies and has four peaks in the period November to March. In El Niño years, there is increased rainfall in the Caribbean Sea which reduces the salinity, more sediment is stirred up from the substrate and there is greater run-off of nutrients from the land. These factors do not seem to impact adversely on recruitment of the oyster.[6] A study was made on the coast of Venezuela to determine whether cultivation of this species was feasible. It was found that at some times of year the molluscs were stressed, perhaps by a lack of phytoplankton availability, and growth rates were too low for commercial exploitation to be worthwhile.[7]

Pteria colymbus (Röding, 1798), museum specimens Naturalis

References

  1. ^ a b Tëmkin, Ilya (2012). "Pteria colymbus (Röding, 1798)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  2. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 22.
  3. ^ "Atlantic wing-oyster (Pteria colymbus)". Interactive Guide to Caribbean Diving. Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  4. ^ Paulay, A. G. "Pteria colymbus (Roding, 1798)". Bocas del Toro:Species Database. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  5. ^ a b Colin, Patrick L. (1978). Marine Invertebrates and Plants of the Living Reef. T.F.H. Publications. p. 387. ISBN 0-86622-875-6.
  6. ^ H.-Jörg Urban (2002). "Indirect El Niño Effects on Reproductive Strategies of the Caribbean Bivalves Pteria colymbus, Pinctada imbricata and Pinna carnea". Journal of Shellfish Research. 20 (3). doi:10.4067/S0717-71782002030100061.
  7. ^ Mengual, M.; Lodeiros, C.; Márquez, A. (2011). "Growth and survival of the winged oyster Pteria colymbus (Röding, 1798), in tubular structures in the Bahía de Mochima, Sucre state, Venezuela". Zootecnia Tropical. 29 (2): 219–229. ISSN 0798-7269.
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Pteria colymbus: Brief Summary ( anglais )

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Pteria colymbus, the Atlantic winged oyster, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Pteriidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to Bermuda and Brazil.

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Pteria colymbus ( latin )

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Pteria colymbus est species bivalvium marinorum familae Pteriidarum inter bivalvia phyli Molluscorum. Habitat secundum Atlanticum Americae Septentrionalis litus a Carolina Septentrionali ad Bermudam et Brasiliam.[1]

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  1. R. T. Abbott et P. A. Morris, A Field Guide to Shells: Altantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies (Novi Eboraci: Houghton Mifflin, 1995), p. 22.
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Pteria colymbus est species bivalvium marinorum familae Pteriidarum inter bivalvia phyli Molluscorum. Habitat secundum Atlanticum Americae Septentrionalis litus a Carolina Septentrionali ad Bermudam et Brasiliam.

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Pteria colymbus ( néerlandais ; flamand )

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Pteria colymbus is een tweekleppigensoort uit de familie van de Pteriidae.[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1798 door Röding.

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  1. Tëmkin, I. (2012). Pteria colymbus (Röding, 1798). Geraadpleegd via: World Register of Marine Species op http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420735
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