Gastropoda |
Cycloneritida |
Neritidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Pacific Ocean: Oceanic Islands of Polynesia, from Hawaii to the Society Islands.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349); common length : 2.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349)
Used as food where common (Ref. 349). Nocturnal. Found under sand at the high tide line (Ref. 122680).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Neritopsina 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)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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More information
Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 25.2 - 29.3, mean 27.7 (based on 230 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.