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Hexaplex trunculus, Banded dye-murex : fisheries

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Hexaplex trunculus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Banded dye-murex

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Hexaplex trunculus  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Neogastropoda | Muricidae

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

Benthic; depth range 1 - 100 m (Ref. 105991).  Subtropical; 49°N - 27°N, 19°W - 36°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean: from France to Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Madeira Island and Canary Islands, including the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.3 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123052); max. published weight: 58.20 g (Ref. 123052)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Intertidal to a depth of 80 m. Found in a lagoon (Ref. 105976). Also found offshore (Ref. 122927). Inhabits rocky, sandy-mud and mud substrata (Ref. 105992). Also found on seagrass (Ref. 85545). Opportunistic feeder, exhibiting both carnivory and scavenging. Feeds on a variety of bivalves, including gastropods, barnacles, tunicates, bryozoans, carrion and its conspecifics. Employs drilling and chipping patterns on certain bivalves (Ref. 106099).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

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

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Templado, J. and R. Villanueva. 2010. (Ref. 85339)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14.5 - 21.5, mean 18.7 (based on 202 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).

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