Cittarium pica, West Indian top shell : fisheries

Cittarium pica   (Linnaeus, 1758)

West Indian top shell

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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Trochida | Trochidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range Οικολογία

; εύρος βάθους 0 - 7 m (Αναφ. 83435).  Tropical; 26°N - 6°N, 89°W - 57°W

Distribution Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Western Central Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age

Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?, range 1 - 3.4 cm Max length : 18.0 cm SHW αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 105349); common length : 10.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 355)

Short description Μορφολογία

Shell large, heavy, conical, with rounded shoulders. Umbilicus deep and round, operculum multispiral, circular. Colour: purple-black on a whitish background; aperture white, internally nacreous; operculum iridescent brown.

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Stocks have been locally extirpated or are diminishing due to over exploitation (Ref. 355). Shallow subtidal, on rocks and shell rubble (Ref. 355). They are also found in intertidal and offshore coral reefs, particularly on algae, boulder, and coral habitats (Ref. 83934). Herbivore-detritivore. Most feeding seems to occur at night and early morning. Feeds on a wide variety of algae, sand and detritus (Ref. 105349).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | Larvae

Broadcast spawners. Spawning occurs during lunar period. Females lay eggs in ribbons or jelly masses in the substratum, after the males have released their sperm (Ref. 105346). Males don't have penis (Ref. 105349). Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults (Ref. 833).

Main reference Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

Leal, J.H. 2003. (Αναφ. 355)

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


CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Αναφ. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

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Εργαλεία

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες

Τροφική Οικολογία
Food items (preys)
Σύσταση δίαιτας
Κατανάλωση τροφής
Θηρευτές
Οικολογία
Population dynamics
Αύξηση
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Αφθονία
Distribution
Physiology
Κατανάλωση οξυγόνου

Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26.8 - 28.2, mean 27.7 (based on 344 cells).
Ελαστικότητα (Ref. 69278): Μεσαίο(α), ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού 1,4 - 4,4 έτη (K=0.19-0.2).
Fishing Vulnerability (Αναφ. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100).
Price category (Αναφ. 80766): Unknown.
Nutrients :  Calcium = 126 [75, 177] mg/100g; Iron = 4.79 [1.67, 7.92] mg/100g; Protein = 15.9 [14.8, 16.9] %; Omega3 = 0.331 [0.263, 0.400] g/100g; Selenium = 57.8 [48.5, 67.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.97 [0.92, 3.02] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.