Malleus malleus Common Hammer Oyster

Malleus malleus is commonly referred to as Common Hammer Oyster. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1016 

AphiaID:

507055 

Scientific:

Malleus malleus 

German:

Schwarze Hammermuschel, Gewöhnliche Hammermuschel 

English:

Common Hammer Oyster 

Category:

Sea Shells 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Ostreida (Order) > Malleidae (Family) > Malleus (Genus) > malleus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

East Africa, Indo Pacific, Japan, Melanesia, Philippines, Queensland (Australia) 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 15 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Rubble floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 

Size:

3.15" - 8.27" (8cm - 21cm) 

Temperature:

24,7 °F - 29,3 °F (24,7°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Malleus albus
• Malleus anatinus
• Malleus candeanus
• Malleus daemoniacus
• Malleus legumen
• 
  Malleus malleus
  Schwarze Hammermuschel, Gewöhnliche Hammermuschel
• Malleus meridianus
• Malleus regula

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-26 13:22:20 

Last edit:

2024-12-26 19:20:41 

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