Gastropoda |
Cocculinida |
Cocculinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 210 - 1049 m (Ref. 3198). Tropical; 40°N - 13°N, 76°E - 60°E (Ref. 83435)
Western Atlantic. North America, Greater and Lesser Antilles and Southern Caribbean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.4 cm ShL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3198)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Archaeogastropoda are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.
Ardila, N.E. and M.G. Harasewych 2005 Cocculinid and pseudococculinid limpets (Gastropoda: Cocculiniformia) from off the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118(2):344-366. (Ref. 3198)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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More information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 3.6 - 4.7, mean 4.2 (based on 113 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
