Margarella violacea, Smooth pink snail

Margarella violacea   (King & Broderip, 1832)

Smooth pink snail

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Trochida | Trochidae | Trochinae

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

Sessile; depth range 0 - 382 m (Ref. 83435).  Temperate; 51°S - 56°S, 76°E - 57°E (Ref. 83435)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.3 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

It is found on rocky bottoms and brown algae (Ref. 87801), and in forests of Macrocystis pyrifera (Ref. 92889), from the lower intertidal to a depth of 160 meters (Ref. 87801).

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

Its egg masses composed of up to 1,600 spirally arranged capsules attached to fronds of brown algae, and each capsule contains 1 embryo each which develops within and emerges as a crawling juvenile.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Rosenberg, G. 2009. (Ref. 83435)

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

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 4.8 - 7.8, mean 6.3 (based on 81 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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