Gastropoda | 
Neogastropoda | 
Muricidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range ? - 37 m (Ref. 77616).  Subtropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Northwest Pacific:  Japan, China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					This species is a non-broadcast spawner.  Life cycle does not include trocophore stage.  Also Ref. 833.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Yusa, Y., S. Yamato and M. Muarumura 2001 Ecology of a parasitic barnacle, Koleolepas avis: relationship to the hosts, distribution, left-right asymmetry and reproduction. Journal of Marine Biology Associatin (UK) 91:781-788. (Ref. 77845)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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  Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance   PhysiologyOxygen consumption
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 20 - 23.7, mean 21.5 (based on 78 cells).