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Classification / Names / Names
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 42 m (Ref. 865). Temperate
Eastern Pacific and the Arctic: From Alaska to Mexico. Tropical to boreal.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.0 cm SHD male/unsexed; (Ref. 865); common length : 3.5 cm SHH male/unsexed; (Ref. 312)
Description: Shell is conical and colored shiny gold with iridescent purple rings (Ref. 312).
It has a shell height of 3.5 cm (Ref. 312). Occurs at low intertidal to subtidal levels. Omnivorous, feeds on kelp, detritus, diatoms, copepods, hydroids, and bryozoans. During good weather, they like to move up the stalks of the kelp towards the sun (Ref. 312). Also in Ref. 95344.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Archaeogastropoda are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.
Gallivan, G. and J. Danforth. 1999. (Ref. 312)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 5.7 - 15.2, mean 9 (based on 124 cells).
Price category
Unknown.