Gastropoda |
Trochida |
Turbinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 20 m (Ref. 349). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349); common length : 6.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349)
Shell turbinate, moderately large, solid and heavy. Spire well-developed, pointed, with a strong convex whorls, angular shoulders. Body whorl biangulate, with stronger spiral cords. Aperture roughly rounded-ovate. Umbilicus closed or reduced to a slight chink. Colouration: Outside of operculum approximately smooth, with oblique marginal grooves, and brown or dark green; aperture mostly orange-yellow (Ref. 128042).
Frequently collected for food locally by coastal people, where abundant. Shell used in shellcraft (Ref. 349).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Patellogastropoda are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.
Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 349)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.9 - 29.3, mean 28.5 (based on 3075 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).