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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Sinh thái học
; Mức độ sâu 0 - 7 m (Ref. 83435). Tropical; 26°N - 6°N, 89°W - 57°W
Western Central Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Bộ gần gũi / Khối lượng (Trọng lượng) / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 1 - 3.4 cm Max length : 18.0 cm SHW con đực/không giới tính; (Ref. 105349); common length : 10.0 cm TL con đực/không giới tính; (Ref. 355)
Shell large, heavy, conical, with rounded shoulders. Umbilicus deep and round, operculum multispiral, circular. Colour: purple-black on a whitish background; aperture white, internally nacreous; operculum iridescent brown.
Stocks have been locally extirpated or are diminishing due to over exploitation (Ref. 355). Shallow subtidal, on rocks and shell rubble (Ref. 355). They are also found in intertidal and offshore coral reefs, particularly on algae, boulder, and coral habitats (Ref. 83934). Herbivore-detritivore. Most feeding seems to occur at night and early morning. Feeds on a wide variety of algae, sand and detritus (Ref. 105349).
Broadcast spawners. Spawning occurs during lunar period. Females lay eggs in ribbons or jelly masses in the substratum, after the males have released their sperm (Ref. 105346). Males don't have penis (Ref. 105349). Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults (Ref. 833).
Leal, J.H. 2003. (Ref. 355)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 26.8 - 28.2, mean 27.7 (based on 344 cells).
Thích nghi nhanh
Trung bình, thời gian nhân đôi của chủng quần tối thiểu là 1.4 - 4.4 năm (K=0.19-0.2).
Price category
Unknown.
