Gastropoda |
Littorinimorpha |
Ranellidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 100 m (Ref. 105682). Tropical; 26°S - 57°S, 76°W - 175°W
Southern Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 13.5 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 109255)
Maximum depth from Ref. 105658. Found on or around coastal rocks (Ref. 82479), intertidal rocks and at depths of 40 to 100 m (Ref. 105658). Most specimens are trawled or dredged on the shelff at depths of 20 to 100 m (Ref. 122471). Species under the family Ranellidae are carnivorous mesogastropods known to feed on polychaetes, bivalves, ascidians, gastropods, echinoderms and crustaceans (Ref. 69146). Illustrated feeding on the ascidian Sycozoa sp. (Ref. 106980).
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.
Rosenberg, G. 2009 Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/. (Ref. 83435)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 13.4 - 17.2, mean 15.6 (based on 125 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
