Gastropoda |
Littorinimorpha |
Naticidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 70 m (Ref. 349). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: from South Africa and Madagascar to eastern Melanesia; north to Japan and south to Queensland and New Caledonia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349); common length : 4.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349)
Used as food and for its shell (Ref. 349). Infralittoral and offshore, from shallow subtidal levels (Ref. 349).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Neotaenioglossa are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.
Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 349)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.5 - 29.1, mean 28.1 (based on 1640 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.