Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
Asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 30 m (Ref. 349). Tropical; 37°N - 32°S, 29°E - 127°W
Indo-Pacific: from eastern Africa to Sudan, Egypt, Yemen and India, to southeast Asia and Australia, as far east to Pitcairn Islands and north to Hawaii and Japan. Tropical to subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 43.0 cm SHL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 349); common length : 28.0 cm SHL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 349)
Actively collected by native populations for food, by hand at low tide on the reefs, or by diving. In spite of its weight and considerable size, the shell is favored, especially by tourists, due to the beauty of its heavily glazed aperture (Ref. 349). Found on sand near rocks and corals (Ref. 130068).
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.
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
Pesquerías: comercial
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Herramientas
Más información
Age/Size
Crecimiento
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfología
Larva
Abundancia
Fuentes de Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.8 - 29.3, mean 28.4 (based on 3207 cells).
Vulnerability
Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.