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Hexaplex trunculus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Banded dye-murex

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Lebanon country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: M: Ref. 75701.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/le.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gaillard, J.M., 1987
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Banded dye-murex, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Neogastropoda () > Muricidae (purpuras, murex and rock shells)

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

; distribuzione batimetrica 1 - 100 m (Ref. 105991).   Subtropical; 49°N - 27°N, 19°W - 36°E

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean: from France to Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Madeira Island and Canary Islands, including the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.3 cm SHL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 123052); Peso massimo pubblicato: 58.20 g (Ref. 123052)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Intertidal to a depth of 80 m. Found in a lagoon (Ref. 105976). Also found offshore (Ref. 122927). Inhabits rocky, sandy-mud and mud substrata (Ref. 105992). Also found on seagrass (Ref. 85545). Opportunistic feeder, exhibiting both carnivory and scavenging. Feeds on a variety of bivalves, including gastropods, barnacles, tunicates, bryozoans, carrion and its conspecifics. Employs drilling and chipping patterns on certain bivalves (Ref. 106099).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

This species is a non-broadcast spawner. Life cycle does not include trocophore stage. Also Ref. 833.

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Templado, J. and R. Villanueva. 2010. (Ref. 85339)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
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Strumenti

E-book | Giuda pratica

Informazioni ulteriori

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Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14.5 - 21.5, mean 18.7 (based on 202 cells).