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Tegula atra   (Lesson, 1830)

Smooth black trochid

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Tegula atra  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Easter Island country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Ref. 87884; O: Ref. 87884.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rehder, H.A., 1980
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Caracol tegula, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Gastropoda > Trochida () > Tegulidae ()

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 10 m (Ref. 87801).   Tropical; 19°S - 57°S, 87°W - 57°W (Ref. 83435)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: from Sechura Bay to Strait of Magellan, to Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, including Easter and Falkland Islands. Tropical and subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.2 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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

Members of the order Archaeogastropoda 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

Rosenberg, G. 2009. (Ref. 83435)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | 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): 9.4 - 16, mean 12.4 (based on 219 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.