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Neogastropoda |
Muricidae | Rapaninae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
. Tropical
Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.0 cm SHL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 349); common length : 2.5 cm SHL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 349)
Often collected for its brightly coloured shell. Used also as food in Indochinese countries (Ref. 349). Inhabits shallow subtidal waters. Lives parasitically on sea urchins on which they feed by protruding a long snout between the spines. Occurs at the low tide mark (Ref. 349).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
This species is a non-broadcast spawner. Life cycle does not include trocophore stage. Also Ref. 833.
Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 349)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Strumenti
Informazioni ulteriori
Age/SizeAccrescimentoLength-weightLength-lengthMorfologiaLarveAbbondanza
Fonti Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.6 - 29.2, mean 27.9 (based on 2167 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.