Gastropoda |
Littorinimorpha |
Calyptraeidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; brackish; depth range 0 - 70 m (Ref. 83435). Temperate; 48°N - 25°N, 97°E - 25°E (Ref. 83435)
Eastern Pacific, Western Atlantic, and the Mediterranean. Introduced in the Northeast Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.0 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435)
From sublittoral sediments (Ref. 1314). It is a sessile-burrower, suspension feeder (Ref. 96498).
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.
Hill, M., R. Baker, G. Broad, P.J. Chandler, G.H. Coop, J. Ellis, D. Jones, C. Hoyland, I. Laing, M. Longshaw, N. Moore, D. Parrott, D. Pearman, C. Preston, R.M. Smith and R. Waters 2005 Audit of Non-native Species in England. English Nature Research Reports Number 662. 82 p. (Ref. 1314)
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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Tools
More information
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 9.6 - 25.4, mean 23.5 (based on 362 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
