Lunella cinerea   (Born, 1778)

Smooth moon turban
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Lunella cinerea

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

Gastropoda | Trochida | Turbinidae

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

Benthic.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific: from eastern India to Melanesia; north to southern Japan and south to southern Queensland and New Caledonia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349); common length : 3.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 349)

Short description Morphology

Shell rounded, spire low and domed shaped. Shell surface covered with fine nodular spiral threads. Whorls convex and pillar produced at the base, grooved at the throat and has wide umbilicus. Colouration: greenish with tinged of brown (Ref. 128042).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in intertidal on rubble (Ref. 75835), and rocky shores (Ref. 128042). Common also on gravel (Ref. 349).

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

Members of the order Patellogastropoda 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

Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 349)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.