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Batillaria zonalis (Bruguiere, 1792)
Zoned horn shell| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Gastropoda | Not assigned | Batillariidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Benthic. Subtropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Northwest Pacific: Japan, Korea and Hong Kong.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.1 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128877)
Short description Morphology
Shell in high, with moderate length, having 10 to 11 rounded whorls. Sutures are slight impressed. Numberous ribs presents on each whorl, including the upper part of the body whorl. Outer lip of adult shells forms a distinct point. Siphonal canal is short, and the columella is smooth and slightly thickened. Shell is brownish, often with a distinct white band. Spiral striae are white. Aperture is brown, with white lines on the inside of striae. Operculum is brown and horny.
Found in sandy shores, lying on the sand or half buried (Ref. 125338). Occur in the low to mid intertidal zone (Ref. 128877). Also in mangrove areas, part of both epifaunal and arboreal communities (Ref. 128397).
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.
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Higo, S., P. Callomon and Y. Goto 1999 Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka: Elle scientific publications. 938 p. (Ref. 75835)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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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): 16.9 - 27, mean 22 (based on 245 cells).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.