Common Hammer Oyster

Malleus malleus (Linnaeus 1758)

body length

• Shelled animal body mass: 173 mm (single measurement)
• World Register of Marine Species: 18 cm
• World Register of Marine Species: 25 cm
• Femorale: 173 mm

body volume

• Shelled animal body mass: 177 cm^3 (single measurement)

geographic distribution

• Sulu Sea Species List: sulu Sea
• Timor Sea Species List: Timor Sea
• Indian Ocean Species List: indian Ocean
• South Pacific Species List: south Pacific
• Laccadive Sea Species List: laccadive Sea

habitat

• World Register of Marine Species: marine benthic

latitude

• OBIS environmental data records: -23.845 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 15 degrees (max)

longitude

• OBIS environmental data records: 79.2167 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 152.375 degrees (max)

skeleton structure

• World Register of Marine Species: condensed
• World Register of Marine Species: exoskeleton
• World Register of Marine Species: condensed
• World Register of Marine Species: exoskeleton

water depth

• OBIS environmental data records: 71.6 m (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 2 m (min)

water dissolved o2 concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 4.336 mL/L (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 4.703 mL/L (max)

water nitrate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 1.347 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 0.394 µmol/l (min)

water o2 saturation

• OBIS environmental data records: 100.128 percent (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 94.331 percent (min)

water phosphate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 0.071 µmol/l (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 0.238 µmol/l (max)

water salinity

• OBIS environmental data records: 35.47 psu (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 33.721 psu (min)

water silicate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 0.777 µmol/l (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 2.754 µmol/l (max)

water temperature

• OBIS environmental data records: 24.169 degrees celsius (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 28.394 degrees celsius (max)

wet body mass

• Shelled animal body mass: 309 g (single measurement)