Gastropoda |
Cycloneritida |
Neritidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Eastern Pacific: Form Easter Island and Sala y Gómez westward in a narrow band through the Pitcairn Islands and Rapa to the Gambier and Austral Islands.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.9 cm SHW male/unsexed; (Ref. 87884)
On and under rocks in tide pools, and on rocks at water's edge and in wave-surge area (Ref. 87884).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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.
Spencer, H.G., J.M. Waters and T.E. Eichhorst. 2007. (Ref. 88768)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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