Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
. Tropical
Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.0 cm ShH mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 349); common length : 5.0 cm SHL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 349)
Description synthétique
Morphologie
Shell medium sized, solid, elongateovate in outline, not shouldered. Spire apex blunt, often corroded in mature specimens. Sculpture of numerous axial grooves and fine spiral lines, causing a finely latticed pattern throughout the surface of shell, though it is somewhat stronger on posterior half of body whorl than on anterior half. Periostracum tough, closely applied to shell. Outer lip of the aperture thick and smooth inside, with a low swelling at about the middle. Inner lip glazed, with 3 folds; posterior fold tooth-like, centre fold oblique, large and angular, anterior fold weak and almost axial in direction. Colour: outside of shell whitish under the dark brown periostracum. Aperture porcelaneous white.
Found at mangrove swamps, Nipa palm forests and mud flats near the coast (Ref. 349). An epifaunal deposit feeder (Ref. 129221).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Members of the order Pulmonata are mostly simultaneous hermaphrodites.
Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 349)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
statut CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: pêcheries vivrières
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Outils
Sources Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.7 - 29.3, mean 28.7 (based on 1905 cells).
Vulnérabilité
Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).
Catégorie de prix
Unknown.
