Gastropoda | 
Neogastropoda | 
Muricidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; brackish.  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Pacific:  Southeast and Northeast Asia.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm 1.7, range 1 -  3.3 cm Max length : 2.7 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 127116)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Known from mangroves in Hong Kong (Ref. 112938).  In moderate to fully exposed shores. Shell serves as a substratum for the barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite (Ref. 127116).				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					This species is a non-broadcast spawner.  Life cycle does not include trocophore stage (Refs. 1260349, 833).  Aggregate during breeding season (Ref. 127095).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Blackmore, G. 2001 Interspecific variation in heavy metal body concentrations in Hong Kong marine invertebrates. Environmental Pollution 114:303-311. (Ref. 81522)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
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					Resilience  				
				
				
					Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.23-0.27; tm=2).				
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100).