Gastropoda |
Littorinimorpha |
Calyptraeidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 18 - 137 m (Ref. 95344). Temperate
Northeast Pacific: Alaska, Canada, USA. Climate: boreal to subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.5 cm NG male/unsexed; (Ref. 95344)
Found attached to crabs, empty shells or on rocks, sometimes along the intertidal zone but more common in the subtidal area to 137 m deep (Ref. 95344).
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.
Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum. 2005. (Ref. 19)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 7.7 - 11.8, mean 9 (based on 37 cells).
Price category
Unknown.