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Lambis truncata (Humphrey, 1786)
Giant spider conch| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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| Lambis truncata AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS |
Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Gastropoda | Littorinimorpha | Strombidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 0 - 30 m (Ref. 349). Tropical; 37°N - 32°S, 29°E - 127°W
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Indo-Pacific: from eastern Africa to Sudan, Egypt, Yemen and India, to southeast Asia and Australia, as far east to Pitcairn Islands and north to Hawaii and Japan. Tropical to subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 43.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349); common length : 28.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349)
Actively collected by native populations for food, by hand at low tide on the reefs, or by diving. In spite of its weight and considerable size, the shell is favored, especially by tourists, due to the beauty of its heavily glazed aperture (Ref. 349). Found in shallow lagoons to the outer edge of reefs. Shell of old specimens often worn and encrusted with calcareous algae, vermetid snails, and tubes of polychaete worms (Ref. 349). Members of the genus Lambis are specialized herbivores, feeding on macroscopic or unicellular algae and algal detritus (Ref. 107011).
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.
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 349)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 24.8 - 29.3, mean 28.4 (based on 3207 cells).
Price category
(Ref. 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.