Pleuroploca gigantea, Florida horse conch : fisheries

Pleuroploca gigantea   (Kiener, 1840)

Florida horse conch

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

Gastropoda | Neogastropoda | Fasciolariidae

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

.  Tropical

Distribution Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Western Central Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age

Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 60.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 355)

Short description Μορφολογία

Shell large, with up to 10 whorls. Sculpture of about 5 to 7 spiral cords and weak axial ribs that sometimes form knobs on whorl shoulders. Columella with 3 plications. Periostracum sometimes flaky. Colour: shell greyish white to salmon orange, usually orange in younger specimens; periostracum dark brown to light tan.

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

This the largest gastropod in American waters, and the Florida State Shell. A variety lacking nodules known as 'knob less wonder' can be found in southwestern Florida. Broad, muscular foot is locally consumed in northwestern Mexico (Ref. 355). Intertidal to shallow subtidal, on sand and mud flats and seagrass beds (Ref. 355).

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

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

Main reference Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

Leal, J.H. 2003 Gastropods. p. 99-147. In Carpenter, K.E. (ed.). The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 1: Introduction, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. 1600p. (Αναφ. 355)

IUCN Red List Status (Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Αναφ. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

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Distribution
Physiology
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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

Price category (Αναφ. 80766): Unknown.