Gastropoda |
Trochida |
Trochidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Western Central Pacific: Philippines and Indonesia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.8 cm SHH male/unsexed; (Ref. 821)
Shell is small, triangulate in outline with a tall, sharply acute spire. Whorls are sculptured with fine spiral grooves and a pronounced presutural ridge on each whorl. Base is more course and spirally striate, with axial threads in the interspaces. Aperture is ovate with a small umbilical tooth.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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.
Springsteen, F.J. and F.M. Leobrera. 1986. (Ref. 821)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).