Gastropoda | 
Neogastropoda | 
Muricidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic.  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-West Pacific:  from East and South Africa to eastern Indonesia; north to Japan and south to southern Indonesia.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.0 cm ShH male/unsexed; (Ref. 349); common length : 5.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Occasionally used as food in the area (Ref. 349). It preys on oysters, barnacles and limpets.  Occurs from low to mid tide mark (Ref. 349).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					This species is a non-broadcast spawner.  Life cycle does not include trocophore stage.  Also Ref. 833.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Poutiers, J.M. 1998 Gastropods. p. 363-648. In Carpenter, K. E. and V. H. Niem. 1998. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 1. Seaweeds, corals, bivalves, and gastropods. Rome, FAO. (Ref. 349)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
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						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.