Megastraea undosa, Wavy turban : fisheries

Megastraea undosa   (Wood, 1828)

Wavy turban

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Trochida | Turbinidae

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

Benthic; depth range 1 - 100 m (Ref. 121891).  Subtropical; 34°N - 24°N, 120°W - 111°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific: from Point Conception, California, USA to Bahia Magdalena, Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm SHD male/unsexed; (Ref. 121668)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Coastal (Ref. 121668). It is found on rocks, usually in kelp beds, from low intertidal to a depth of 21 meters (Ref. 865). Also in subtidal habitats (Refs. 121666, 121667) and rocky reefs (Ref. 121668). Herbivorous (Refs. 121666, 121667), primarily feeds on the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera; also consumes a variety of fleshy and calcareous macroalgae (Ref. 121667).

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

Members of the order Patellogastropoda 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

Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum. 2005. (Ref. 19)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 15.9 - 24.4, mean 18.6 (based on 60 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.24).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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