Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; profondeur 0 - 3 m (Ref. 100959). Tropical
Indo-Pacific: from East and South Africa, to eastern Polynesia; north to southern Japan, and south to southern Queensland and New Caledonia.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm SHL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 349); common length : 3.0 cm SHL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 349)
Description synthétique
Morphologie
Shell surface with radial ridges. Columella with 3 teeth. Colouration: pale with variable dark blotches, at times uniformly bluish black with pale interior (Ref. 128042).
Collected where common, for food and shellcraft, in many localities of the whole Indo-West Pacific (Ref. 349). In protected areas (Refs. 349, 128042). Common in intertidal rocks (Refs. 2925, 128042), often in crevices (Ref. 128042). Found in sandy shores, near the vicinity of the depression formed during low tides to avoid desiccation. Squirts water at its attacker when disturbed (Ref. 125338). Also found in mangrove areas (Ref. 129120).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Members of the order Neritopsina are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.
Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 349)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
statut CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Outils
Sources Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.6 - 29.3, mean 28.5 (based on 2914 cells).
Vulnérabilité
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Catégorie de prix
Unknown.
