Gastropoda |
Littorinimorpha |
Cassidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 75 m (Ref. 349). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: from Japan and the Philippines, south through Indonesia to the northern half of Australia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 12.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349); common length : 9.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349)
Sometimes captured in great quantities in deep-water prawn nets (Ref. 349). Also found in shelf zones (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)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Age/SizeGrowthLength-weightLength-lengthMorphologyLarvaeAbundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 20.6 - 28.8, mean 27.4 (based on 806 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.