Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 10 m (Ref. 349). Tropical; 38°N - 30°S, 42°E - 168°W
Indo-Pacific: from Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Christmas Island, to the entire Southeast Asia and Australia, east to American Samoa, and north to Japan and China.
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm SHL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 349); common length : 8.0 cm SHL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 349)
Large, conical shell. Spire tall, with pointed apex and flat-sided whorls. Umbilicus present. Colouration: Outside of shell slightly grey to brown speckled or green speckled. Base of shell creamy borwn, green or blue-green towards periphery, white and glossy towards aperture (Ref. 128042).
Abundant in coral reef (Ref. 128042) and rocky shore habitats. Also found in shallow subtidal zones (Refs. 349, 128042).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Members of the order Archaeogastropoda 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)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Categoria CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: espécies comerciais
| FishSource | Sea Around Us
Ferramentas
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.9 - 29.3, mean 28.5 (based on 2891 cells).
Vulnerabilidade
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Categoria de preço
Unknown.
