Umbonium costatum, Costate button top

Umbonium costatum   (Kiener, 1838)

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Trochida | Trochidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 20 m (Ref. 349).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.5 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349); common length : 2.5 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349)

Short description Morphology

Shell is small and discoidal, similar to Umbonium elegans but the surface is sculptured with fine concentric grooves. The umbilicus is smaller and less inflated and the color may vary but is mainly dark greenish-grey with yellow streaks and pink sutures. The umbilicus is dark brown to black and the aperture is nacreous green.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in open coasts. Occurs at the low tide mark (Ref. 349).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Archaeogastropoda 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)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14.5 - 26.5, mean 21.6 (based on 296 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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