Gastropoda | 
Littorinimorpha | 
Tonnidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range				
				
					Ekologi				
				
			
			
				;  djupintervall 0 - 50 m (Ref. 349), usually 5 - 10 m (Ref. 349).  Tropical; 38°N -   37°S, 30°E -   89°W			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-Pacific:   from Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Red Sea (Sudan and Egypt), to India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, to Pitcairn and as far east to Galapagos Islands, north to Japan and Hawaii, and south to Australia and New Zealand.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm ShH hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 349); common length : 13.0 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 349)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Caught in trawl nets or in fish traps (Ref. 349).  Maximum depth from Ref. 105535. Intertidal to subtidal (Ref. 106232).  On fine (Ref. 105535) sandy bottoms (Ref. 349) and on coral reefs (Ref. 106681).  Dead shells rarely found on the beaches (Ref. 88739).  Feeds on holothurians on reef flats (Ref. 106232).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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 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  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
				Fiskeri: kommersiell			
			
			
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					Ytterligare information				
				
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 24.2 - 29.2, mean 28.3 (based on 3584 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.			
			
			
				Nutrients  :  Calcium = 126 [75, 177]  mg/100g; Iron = 4.79 [1.67, 7.92]  mg/100g; Protein = 15.9 [14.8, 16.9] %; Omega3 = 0.331 [0.263, 0.400]  g/100g; Selenium = 57.8 [48.5, 67.2]  μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.97 [0.92, 3.02]  mg/100g (wet weight); based on 
nutrient studies.