Niue 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/ne.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Poutiers, J.M., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Spotted auger, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Neogastropoda () > Terebridae (auger shells) > Terebrinae

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

; profondeur 0 - 210 m (Ref. 349). Tropical; 33°N - 30°S, 34°E - 110°W

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific: from East Africa, Sudan, Yemen, India, Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Cocos (Keeling) and Christmas Islands to Pitcairn, north to Japan and Hawaii, south to Australia, including Socorro Island (Mexico).

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 27.5 cm SHL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 349); common length : 16.0 cm SHL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 349)

Commonly collected in many areas, both for its edible flesh and for its shell which has been used as a tool in many of the South Pacific cultures (Ref. 349). Leaves characteristic wide tracks on sand when moving. Occurs at the low tide mark (Ref. 349). Intertidal (Ref. 106792). Found on coarse and fine sand. Usually crawls under the sand surface with the foot buried deeply in the sand (Ref. 106669). Feeds on an enteropneust and polychaete (Ref. 106669).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

This species is a non-broadcast spawner. Life cycle does not include trocophore stage. Also Ref. 833.

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

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

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Non évalué

statut CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial
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Fécondité
Œufs
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22.5 - 28.5, mean 27.1 (based on 1105 cells).

Vulnérabilité (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (18 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)