Gastropoda |
Lepetellida |
Haliotidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 1 - 56 m (Ref. 100948). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.0 cm ShH male/unsexed; (Ref. 349); common length : 6.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349)
Actively collected for its edible flesh and nacreous shell (Ref. 349).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Patellogastropoda 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
Fisheries: commercial
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Diet
Food consumption
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.6 - 29.1, mean 28.2 (based on 1112 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).