Tectus pyramis   (Born, 1778)

Pyramid top

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Tectus pyramis

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

| Trochida | Tegulidae

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

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

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

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 / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 349); common length : 8.0 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 349)

Short description Morfologi

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).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. 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 Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

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 referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

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.
Nutrients: Calcium = 126 [75, 177] mg/100g; Iron = 4.79 [1.67, 7.92] mg/100g; Protein = 15.9 [14.8, 16.9] %; Omega3 = 0.331 [0.263, 0.400] g/100g; Selenium = 57.8 [48.5, 67.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.97 [0.92, 3.02] mg/100g (wet weight).