Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 7 m (Ref. 83435). Tropical; 26°N - 6°N, 89°W - 57°W
Western Central Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?, range 1 - 3.4 cm Max length : 18.0 cm SHW macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 105349); common length : 10.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (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)
Status na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Status no CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: espécies comerciais
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Ferramentas
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 26.8 - 28.2, mean 27.7 (based on 344 cells).
Resiliência
Médio, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (K=0.19-0.2).
Categoria de preço
Unknown.
