Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
. Tropical; 26°N - 9°S, 99°E - 136°E
Western Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm ShL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 821)
Description synthétique
Morphologie
Shell ovate and thick, flatly excavated at the base. Spire small, whorls narrowly rounded with spiral ribs separated by grooves. Columella widely concave, granulated and toothed. Colouration: ribs blue-black, marked with white lines, grooves whitish, spotted with blue black (Ref. 128042).
Collected by gleaning for its edible flesh (Ref. 128042). Length based on occurrence data; to be replaced with better reference. Abundant in rocky shores, forming dense colonies in upper mid-tidal pools, on wet submerged rocks and in crevices. Also found in intertidal areas (Ref. 128042).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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.
Springsteen, F.J. and F.M. Leobrera. 1986. (Ref. 821)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
statut CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Utilisations par l'homme
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Outils
Sources Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 28.5 - 29.2, mean 28.8 (based on 552 cells).
Vulnérabilité
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).