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Cypraea ventriculus   Lamarck, 1810

Tummy cowrie

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Pitcairn 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: Known from Henderson (Refs. 87866, 87907). C: Refs. 87866, 87907.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pc.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/Pitcairn/pitcairn.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Paulay, G., 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Porcelaine gésier, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Littorinimorpha () > Cypraeidae (cowries)

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

; rango de profundidad 0 - 30 m (Ref. 349).   Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.5 cm SHL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 349); common length : 5.5 cm SHL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 349)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Under coral slabs of lagoons, in gullies or on algal crests. Active during both day and night (Ref. 349). Most cypraeids are herbivores (Ref. 113307).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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 Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

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

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial
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Herramientas

E-book | Guía de campo

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Fuentes de Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia (Go, búsqueda) | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.1 - 29.3, mean 28.4 (based on 1464 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.