Nuttallina californica
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Nuttallina californica   (Reeve, 1847)


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Nuttallina californica  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Polyplacophora | Callochitonida | Callochitonidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic.  Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northwest Atlantic and Eastern Pacific: USA and Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 296)

Short description Morphology

Girdle: Medium wide; sandy, fleshy and thickly covered with bristles. Murco: Highly posterior. Central areas: Granulose cross ribbing with those cross ribs coming from the jugal area heavier until they meet midway the heavier cross ribs coming from the lateral areas. Lateral areas: Broad-ribbed. Color of valves: Black with occasional white stripe down sides of dorsal ridge. Color of girdle: Cream with reddish brown hairs and granular (Ref. 296).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Habitat: Intertidal (Ref. 289); found in mid to high tide zones from Puget Sound to Mexico on rocks, in crevices or among barnacles and mussels (Ref. 312). Occurs from mid to high tide mark.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Polyplacophora are mostly gonochoric. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into lecitotrophic planktonic trocophore larvae (no veliger stage) which later metamorphose and settle on the bottom as young adults.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Burghardt, G. and L. Burghardt 2006 West Coast Chitons. A Gallery of Worlwide Chitons: http://home.inreach.com/burghart/wcoast.html[accessed20/01/06] (Ref. 296)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 9.6 - 20.2, mean 12.9 (based on 161 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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