Gastropoda |
Ellobiida |
Ellobiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.5 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349); common length : 3.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349)
Common on coastal environments, especially near forests (Ref. 349).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Simultaneous hermaphrodites (Ref. 833). Development: single eggs into oval capsules of 0.2 mm length, which are interconnected by chalazae to form a more or less spiral chain; the capsules are contained in a sac-like gelatinous mass of 1 mm length; the gastrula stage is reached after 3-4 days of development; two days later the initial shell cap has been secreted, which subsequently increases rapidly in size; the velum shows a single disc-like lobe, which, however, exhibits two ciliary rings foreshadowing the bilobed condition of the newly hatched veliger; the foot has secreted an operculum and holds two statoliths within the corresponding cysts; during the eighth day of the embryogeny shell and operculum become functional to house the embryo and seal the aperture respectively; three days later veligers hatch out, which have no eyes, no mantle cavity and only the anlage of a heart (Ref. 99946).
Poutiers, J.M. 1998 Gastropods. p. 363-648. In Carpenter, K. E. and V. H. Niem. 1998. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 1. Seaweeds, corals, bivalves, and gastropods. Rome, FAO. (Ref. 349)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
| FishSource |
Tools
More information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 25.4 - 29.3, mean 28.5 (based on 1590 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
