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Vermicularia spirata (Philippi, 1836)
West Indian wormsnail| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Gastropoda | Not assigned | Turritellidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Benthic; depth range 3 - 80 m (Ref. 83435). Tropical; 34°N - 12°S, 96°E - 40°E (Ref. 83435)
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Western Atlantic: North America.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.0 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435)
Found on offshore banks. Suspension feeder (Ref. 109264).
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
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
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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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): 23.3 - 28, mean 26.1 (based on 336 cells).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.