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Nassarius dorsatus   (Röding, 1798)

Unicolour dog whelk

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Nassarius dorsatus


Hong Kong country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Ref. 125928.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Wang, Z., 2019
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Neogastropoda () > Nassariidae (Nassa mud snails)

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

.   Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

Indo-West Pacific: from the Andaman Sea to Melanesia; north to Japan and south to northern New South Wales.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.5 cm ShH macho / no sexado; (Ref. 349); common length : 3.5 cm SHL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 349)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Locally collected as food for the shell, which is utilized in shellcraft (Ref. 349). Common on muddy sand flats (Ref. 349). Seeks shelter by burrowing in sand. Actively forages for food during low tide. A scavenger most of the time but also a predator (Ref. 101234).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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

Main reference Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 349)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses


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Nombres comunes
Sinónimos
Despredadores
Reproducción
Madurez
Puesta
Fecundidad
Huevos
Egg development
Age/Size
Crecimiento
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfología
Larva
Abundancia
Referencias
Mass conversion

Fuentes de Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia (Go, búsqueda) | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.8 - 29.3, mean 28.6 (based on 2675 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.