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Ovula costellata   Lamarck, 1810

Pink-mouth ovula

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Ovula costellata  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Ovula costellata

New Caledonia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Ref. 99637.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nc.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Héros, V., P. Lozouet, P. Maestrati, R. von Cosel, D. Brabant and P. Bouchet, 2007
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Gastropoda > Littorinimorpha () > Ovulidae (egg cowries)

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

Benthic; depth range 2 - 60 m (Ref. 100555).   Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Pacific. Tropical to subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Depth range is based on occurrence (Refs. 100555, 100556); to be replaced with a better reference. Found on shallow waters inhabited by corals (Ref. 799).

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

Brook, F.J. 1998. (Ref. 337)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses


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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 21.3 - 28.9, mean 27 (based on 270 cells).