Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; rango de profundidad 0 - 3 m (Ref. 100959). Tropical
Indo-Pacific: from East and South Africa, to eastern Polynesia; north to southern Japan, and south to southern Queensland and New Caledonia.
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm SHL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 349); common length : 3.0 cm SHL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 349)
Shell surface with radial ridges. Columella with 3 teeth. Colouration: pale with variable dark blotches, at times uniformly bluish black with pale interior (Ref. 128042).
Collected where common, for food and shellcraft, in many localities of the whole Indo-West Pacific (Ref. 349).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.6 - 29.3, mean 28.5 (based on 2914 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
