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Tectus pyramis   (Born, 1778)

Pyramid top

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Wallis and Futuna Islands country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/wf.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Poutiers, J.M., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Trochida () > Tegulidae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; rango de profundidad 0 - 10 m (Ref. 349).   Tropical; 38°N - 30°S, 42°E - 168°W

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

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 / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm SHL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 349); common length : 8.0 cm SHL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 349)

Short description Morfología

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).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Abundant in coral reef (Ref. 128042) and rocky shore habitats. Also found in shallow subtidal zones (Refs. 349, 128042).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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.

Main reference Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 349)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial
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Nombres comunes
Sinónimos
Despredadores
Reproducción
Madurez
Puesta
Fecundidad
Huevos
Egg development
Age/Size
Crecimiento
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfología
Larva
Abundancia
Referencias
Mass conversion

Fuentes de Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia (Go, búsqueda) | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.9 - 29.3, mean 28.5 (based on 2891 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.