Retusa truncatula   (Bruguiére, 1792)


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Retusa truncatula  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Cephalaspidea | Retusidae

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

Demersal.  Subtropical; 72°N - 36°S, 32°W - 42°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

This is an epibenthic species (Ref. 95730) that Inhabits shallow estuaries where it burrows in mud or sand in tidal marshes. Feeds on foraminiferans (Ref. 866).

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

Members of the order Cephalaspidea are mostly simultaneous hermaphrodites.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Gosliner, T. 1987. (Ref. 866)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.3 - 16.3, mean 10.6 (based on 550 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.