Scaphopoda |
Dentaliida |
Dentaliidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 5 - 1400 m (Ref. 1821). Subtropical
Atlantic: Spitzbergen to Morocco, France, USA, Canada, Arctic Ocean to New England, Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Scaphopoda are gonochoric. Fertilization occurs in the mantle cavity. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into free-swimming lecithotrophic trochophore larvae, succeeded by shelled veligers.
Steiner, G. and A.R. Kabat. 2004. (Ref. 1821)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 1.1 - 10.2, mean 5.2 (based on 669 cells).
Price category
Unknown.