Charonia variegata   (Lamarck, 1816)

Atlantic triton's trumpet

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

| Littorinimorpha | Ranellidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

Asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 384 m (Ref. 83934).  Tropical; 34°N - 17°S, 97°E - 0°E (Ref. 83435)

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

Western Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

In the past identified as Charonia tritonis in the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 37.4 cm DL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 83435); common length : 33.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 355)

Short description Morfología

Shell elongate, large, heavy. Spire pointed, elongate. Anterior canal very short. Varices present on last whorls. Parietal region with narrow dark brown inner lip covered by regularly spaced, spirally oriented, white, cord-like plicae. Outer lip internally with pairs of fine white teeth superimposed on square blotches of dark brown colour. Colour: cream white with brown markings, usually crescent-shaped.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

This species is found shallow subtidal (Ref. 355), and on offshore coral reefs and cienaga facies, particularly on algae, boulder, coral, rock, sand and shell habitats (Ref. 83934).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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.

Main reference Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Leal, J.H. 2003. (Ref. 355)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial
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Fuentes de Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia (Go, búsqueda) | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 17.9 - 27.1, mean 23.8 (based on 157 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.