Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; intervalo de profundidade 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 / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm SHL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 349); common length : 3.0 cm SHL macho/indeterminado; (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). In protected areas (Refs. 349, 128042). Common in intertidal rocks (Refs. 2925, 128042), often in crevices (Ref. 128042). Found in sandy shores, near the vicinity of the depression formed during low tides to avoid desiccation. Squirts water at its attacker when disturbed (Ref. 125338). Also found in mangrove areas (Ref. 129120).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
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)
Status na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Status no CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Perigo para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
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Ferramentas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.6 - 29.3, mean 28.5 (based on 2914 cells).
Vulnerabilidade
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Categoria de preço
Unknown.