Lithophaga curta

Overview

Scientific Name: Lithophaga curta

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Bivalvia

Order: Mytilida

Family: Mytilidae

Genus: Lithophaga

Species:

curta [Describe here as A. iricolor]

Native Distribution

Origin Realm:

Temperate Northern Pacific, Central Indo-Pacific

Native Region:

Origin Location:

Temperate Northern Pacific From Mutsu Bay of Aomori prefecture to Kyushu, Japan (Okutani ed. 2000) STATUS NOT STATED Zhejinang, Fujian, China (Zhongyan ed. 2005) STATUS NOT STATED Central Indo-Pacific Guangdong Province of Chaina (Zhongyan ed. 2005) STATUS NOT STATED

Geographic Range:

[Japan] From 26ºN to 35ºN at the Pacific side and to 41ºN at the Japan Sea side (Inaba 1982)

General Diversity:

Not applicable

Non-native Distribution

Invasion History:

No records of invasion (Global Invasive Species Database 2015)

Non-native Region:

Not applicable

Invasion Propens:

Not applicable

Status Date Non-native:

Not applicable

Vectors and Spread

Initial Vector:

Not applicable

Second Vector:

Not applicable

Vector Details:

Not applicable

Spread Rate:

Not applicable

Date First Observed in Japan:

Not applicable

Date First Observed on West coast North America:

Not applicable

Impacts

Impact in Japan:

Not applicable

Global Impact:

Not applicable

Tolerences

Native Temperature Regime:

Cool temperate, mild temperate, warm temperate, subtropical

Native Temperature Range:

NF

Non-native Temperature Regime:

Not applicable

Non-native Temperature Range:

Not applicable

Native Salinity Regime:

NF

Native Salinity Range:

NF

Non-native Salinity Regime:

Not applicable

Temperature Regime Survival:

Cool temperate, mild temperate, warm temperate, subtropical, See details

Temperature Range Survival:

RELATED: [Lithophaga spp.] 11.624 - 26.923 ºC (OBIS 2016)

Temperature Regime Reproduction:

Cool temperate, mild temperate, warm temperate, subtropical

Temperature Range Reproduction:

NF

Salinity Regime Survival:

See details

Salinity Range Survival:

RELATED: [Lithophaga spp.] 34.903 - 37.926 PPS (OBIS 2016)

Salintiy Regime Reproduction:

Polyhaline, Euhaline

Salinity Range Reproduction:

NF

Depth Regime:

Lower intertidal, shallow subtidal

Depth Range:

Lower intertidal to 20-30m deep (Inaba 1982, Okutani 2000)

Non-native Salinity Range:

Native Abundance:

Few

Reproduction

Fertilization Mode:

external

Reproduction Mode:

Gonochoristic/ dioecious

Spawning Type:

None

Development Mode:

Planktonic larva (type unspecified)

Asexual Reproduction:

Does not reproduce asexually

Reproduction Details:

NF

Adult Mobility:

Sessile

Adult Mobility Details:

L. curta burrows rubbles or corals by secreting the acid substance from the special glands distributed at the edge of the mantle and lives there setting the rearward end at the bottom and the front end in the opening. (Tsukamoto 1932)

Maturity Size:

NF

Maturity Age:

NF

Reproduction Lifespan:

RELATED: [Bivalvia] Spawning occurs from early summer to autumn is common for bivalves are in temperate or tropical zone. (Sumikawa 1994)

Longevity:

NF

Broods per Year:

NF

Reproduction Cues:

Males spawned on the third addition of egg-suspension to animals in warm (28ºC) running water (Dan & Wada 1955)

Reproduction Time:

VARIABILITY Reproduce in late spring (Dan & Wada 1955) RELATED: [Bivalvia] Spawning occurs from early summer to autumn is common for bivalves are in temperate or tropical zone. (Sumikawa 1994)

Fecundity:

NF

Egg Size:

NF

Egg Duration:

NF

Early Life Growth Rate:

NF

Adult Growth Rate:

NF

Population Growth Rate:

NF

Population Variablity:

NF

Habitat

Ecosystem:

Rocky intertidal, rocky subtidal, coral reef

Habitat Type:

Borer

Substrate:

Rock, coral

Exposure:

NF

Habitat Expansion:

NF

Habitat Details:

[Japan] L. cruta burrows into rocks, stones or corals (Inaba 1982, Iwase 2003, Highsmith 1980)

Trophic Level:

Suspension feeder

Trophic Details:

NF

Forage Mode:

NF

Forage Details:

NF

Natural Control:

PREDATION [Predation] When several species of fishes break corals in search of infaunal organisms, exposed L. curta may be nipped vigorously. (Highsmith 1980)

Associated Species:

Not applicable

References and Notes

References:

Association for the Research of Littoral Organisms in Osaka Bay (2012) Rocky shore macrobiota of southeastern Osaka Bay. Results of surveys carried out in the years 2006-2010. Shizenshi-Kenkyu 211-224. (in Japanese with English abstract) Dan JC & Wada SK (1955) Studies on the Acrosome. IV. The Acrosome Reaction in Some Bivalve Spermatozoa. Biological Bulletin 109: 40-55. Global Invasive Species Database. http://www.issg.org/database/species/search.asp?sts=sss&st=sss&fr=1&sn=septifer+virgatus&rn=&hci=-1&ei=-1&lang=EN&x=14&y=8. Access Date: 12-Aug-2015. Highsmith RC (1980) Burrowing by the bivalve mollusc Lithophaga curta in the living reef coral Montipora berryi and a hypothesis of reciprocal larval recruitment. Marine Biology 56: 155-162. Inaba A (1982) Molluscan fauna of the Inland Sea, Japan. Hiroshima shell club, Hiroshima: 181pp. (in Japanese) Iwase (2003) Primer of coral science (7) - carnivorous on coral, part 3. Current 3: 2-5. (in Japanese) OBIS. Ocean Biogeographic Information System. http://iobis.org/mapper/ Access date: 22-09-2016 *Note: for genus level data Okutani T (ed) (2000) Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo: 1173pp. (in Japanese) Tsukamoto Y (1932) About Lithophaga curta (Lischke). The Venus 3: 260-264. (in Japanese) Zhongyan Q (ed) (2004) Seashells of China. China Ocean Press, Beijing: 418pp.

Literature:

Moderate level of information; data from comparable regions or older data (more than 10 years) from the area of interest

Notes:

NA