Gastropoda |
Littorinimorpha |
Xenophoridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 250 m (Ref. 349). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: from East Africa, including the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, to eastern Indonesia; north to the Philippines and south to southern Indonesia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 13.0 cm ShH male/unsexed; (Ref. 349); common length : 10.0 cm SHW male/unsexed; (Ref. 349)
Occasionally collected in shrimp trawls. Shell used in shellcraft (Ref. 349).
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.
Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 349)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.1 - 28.6, mean 27.3 (based on 918 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.