Gastropoda |
Littorinimorpha |
Assimineidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; brackish. Temperate
Northwest Pacific: Japan.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Found among rocks and wet mud around plant roots in salt marshes of estuaries in inner bays (Ref. 75835).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Neotaenioglossa are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.
Kurata, K. and E. Kikuchi 1999 Life cycle and production of Assiminea japonica v. martens and Angustassiminea castanea (Westerlund) at a reed marsh in Gamo Lagoon, northern Japan (Gastropoda: Assimineidae). Ophelia 50(3):191-214. (Ref. 91071)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
| FishSource |
Tools
More information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models