Pythia scarabaeus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common pythia

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

Gastropoda | Ellobiida | Ellobiidae

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

Benthic.  Tropical

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Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.5 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349); common length : 3.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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

Simultaneous hermaphrodites (Ref. 833). Development: single eggs into oval capsules of 0.2 mm length, which are interconnected by chalazae to form a more or less spiral chain; the capsules are contained in a sac-like gelatinous mass of 1 mm length; the gastrula stage is reached after 3-4 days of development; two days later the initial shell cap has been secreted, which subsequently increases rapidly in size; the velum shows a single disc-like lobe, which, however, exhibits two ciliary rings foreshadowing the bilobed condition of the newly hatched veliger; the foot has secreted an operculum and holds two statoliths within the corresponding cysts; during the eighth day of the embryogeny shell and operculum become functional to house the embryo and seal the aperture respectively; three days later veligers hatch out, which have no eyes, no mantle cavity and only the anlage of a heart (Ref. 99946).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.4 - 29.3, mean 28.5 (based on 1590 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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