Gastropoda |
Neotaenioglossa |
Obtortionidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 2754). Subtropical
Indo-Pacific. Introduced in the Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Shell color varies from dirty white to dark purple-brown, often yellowish white with a faint brown band in the middle of the whorls. Operculum is thin, transparent yellow, almost circular, has a central nucleus, and consists of about 5 whorls. Cephalic tentacles are moderately long, parallel sided, and slender.
Lower intertidal, in sandy mud (Ref. 128859).
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.
Demir, M. 2003. (Ref. 2754)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Age/SizeGrowthLength-weightLength-lengthMorphologyLarvaeAbundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 22.5 - 28.4, mean 27.1 (based on 678 cells).
Price category
Unknown.