Gastropoda | 
Neogastropoda | 
Melongenidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / تغييرات عمق / distribution range				
				
					بوم شناسي				
				
			
			
				;  تغييرات عمق 0 - 75 m (مرجع 83435).  Subtropical; 43°N -   18°N, 92°W -   66°W (مرجع 83435)			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Atlantic Ocean:  USA:  From Cape Cod, Massachusetts to Cape Canaveral, Florida (Ref. 101477);  Mexico: northern coast of Campeche (Ref. 101490).
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / سن
			
			
				بلوغ: Lm 10.0  range ? - ? cm Max length : 24.9 cm DL جنس نر / بدون خواص جنسي; (مرجع 83435)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Maximum depth from Ref. 104440. Intertidal (Ref. 106829) to subtidal (Ref. 101477).  Found in sand flats (Ref. 101477).  Carnivorous.  Forages on intertidal flats and creeks fringed by oyster reef and in subtidal channels (Ref. 106829).  Preys on bivalves (Refs. 101524, 101525) such as oysters, scallops and clams (Ref. 106829).  It uses the lip of its shell, synchronous with its foot, to penetrate, break off and  force open  the valves of its prey (Refs. 101524, 101525).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					بلوغ | تولید مثل | تخم ریزی | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Broadcast spawners.  Life cycle:  Embryos emerged into miniature adults which further develop into grown adults (Ref. 833).				
			
			
			
			
				مآخذ اصلی  				
					مراجع | هماهنگ كننده | همكاران
				
			
			
				Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum 2005 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2005 Annual Checklist. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K. (مرجع 19)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						وضعيت در فهرست قرمز IUCN    
						 (مرجع 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				وضعيت از نظر سايتس   (مرجع 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				خطر برای انسان ها  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				استفاده انسانی  
			
			
				ماهي گيري – شيلات: تجاري			
			
			
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ابزارها
			
			
			
			
				
					اطلاعات بيشتر				
				
					 PhysiologyOxygen consumption
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
				منابع اينترنتي
			
			
			
			
			
				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 9.6 - 25.6, mean 19.8 (based on 130 cells).			
 
			
			
			
							
					جهندگی  				
				
				
					زياد, كمينه زمان لازم براي دو برابر شدن جمعيت ، كمتر از 15 ماه (K=0.12-0.63; tm=5).				
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).