Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 7 m (Ref. 100956). Tropical
Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.5 cm SHL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 349); common length : 2.5 cm SHL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 349); Idade máx. registada: 12 anos (Ref. 8702)
Shell thick, globose with a flat spire, width clearly greater than its length. Outer lip with small dentickles at the inner margin (Ref. 128042).
Collected for its edible flesh and for its shell in various localities of the area (Ref. 349). Abundant in rocky shores, forming dense colonies in upper mid-tidal pools, on damp and submerged rocks and in crevices (Refs. 349, 128042). Occurs at the mid tide mark (Ref. 349). Also found amongst Mytilisepta virgata beds on exposed shores (Ref. 126136).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
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)
Status na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Status no CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Perigo para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: espécies comerciais
| FishSource |
Ferramentas
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23 - 29.3, mean 28.3 (based on 3772 cells).
Vulnerabilidade
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Categoria de preço
Unknown.
