Gastropoda |
Not assigned |
Cerithiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 10 - 30 m (Ref. 337). Tropical
Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349); common length : 6.5 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349)
Collected by coastal populations in the tropical West Pacific for food and shell trade (Ref. 349). Often very common (Ref. 349). Found at depths of 10 to 30 m, on alga-covered rock (Ref. 337), and on coral reef flats on coral atolls and in tide pools on thin alga-sand bottom (Ref. 87884).
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
Fisheries: commercial
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Age/SizeGrowthLength-weightLength-lengthMorphologyLarvaeAbundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.8 - 29, mean 27.8 (based on 432 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
