Cittarium pica   (Linnaeus, 1758)

West Indian top shell

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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 - 7 m (Ref. 83435).  Tropical; 26°N - 6°N, 89°W - 57°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 1 - 3.4 cm Max length : 18.0 cm SHW male/unsexed; (Ref. 105349); common length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 355)

Short description Morphology

Shell large, heavy, conical, with rounded shoulders. Umbilicus deep and round, operculum multispiral, circular. Colour: purple-black on a whitish background; aperture white, internally nacreous; operculum iridescent brown.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Stocks have been locally extirpated or are diminishing due to over exploitation (Ref. 355).

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

Broadcast spawners. Spawning occurs during lunar period. Females lay eggs in ribbons or jelly masses in the substratum, after the males have released their sperm (Ref. 105346). Males don't have penis (Ref. 105349). Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults (Ref. 833).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Leal, J.H. 2003. (Ref. 355)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26.8 - 28.2, mean 27.7 (based on 344 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.19-0.2).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100).
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.

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