Gastropoda |
Neotaenioglossa |
Obtortionidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Iran, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, and Philippines.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Shell varies from white to purple-gray. With straighter spire outlines, giving the shell a more conical appearance. Operculum is thin, transparent yellow, almost circular, has a central nucleus, and consists of about 5 whorls. The cephalic tentacles are translucent and colorless, although sometimes there can be a presence of two or three small, dense, white spots. The moderately large black eyes are in weak swellings at the outer tentacle bases.
Lower intertidal, in 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.
Poppe, G.T. 2008. (Ref. 86518)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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