Amauropsis islandica   (Gmelin, 1791)

Iceland moonsnail

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Littorinimorpha | Naticidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Demersal; depth range 0 - 1267 m (Ref. 116516).  Polar; 90°N - 37°N, 180°W - 61°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Arctic, Northern Pacific and Northern Atlantic. Polar to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

This is an epibenthic species found on reefs (Ref. 95730), and occurs on bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the gulf and estuary (Ref. 87872).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Sexes are separate but are seldom conspicuously different externally, simultaneous hermaphrodites yet self-fertilization is prevented due to various morphological, physiological, or behavioral mechanisms; generally, marine gastropods shed their eggs (Ref. 87872).

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)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Alien/Invasive Species database | 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): 0.5 - 11.8, mean 8.1 (based on 525 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.