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Classification / Names / Names
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ekologi
; djupintervall 0 - 7 m (Ref. 100956). Tropical
Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.5 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 349); common length : 2.5 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 349); rapporterad maxålder: 12 år (Ref. 8702)
Shell thick, globose with a flat spire, width clearly greater than its length. Outer lip with small dentickles at the inner margin (Ref. 128042).
Collected for its edible flesh and for its shell in various localities of the area (Ref. 349). Abundant in rocky shores, forming dense colonies in upper mid-tidal pools, on damp and submerged rocks and in crevices (Refs. 349, 128042). Occurs at the mid tide mark (Ref. 349). Also found amongst Mytilisepta virgata beds on exposed shores (Ref. 126136).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver
Members of the order Neritopsina 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
Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23 - 29.3, mean 28.3 (based on 3772 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.