Scaphopoda |
Dentaliida |
Dentaliidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 32 - 1960 m (Ref. 1821). Tropical
Western Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.9 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3441)
Shell is slender, regularly tapering, slightly curved, light yellow in posterior half. 9 to 12 round, smooth primary ribs. Straight intercostal spaces, striae forming reticulation. Secondary ribs present. Anterior third smooth. Apex polygonal, V-shaped notch present. Oral aperture circular.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Scaphopoda are gonochoric. Fertilization occurs in the mantle cavity. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into free-swimming lecithotrophic trochophore larvae, succeeded by shelled veligers.
Steiner, G. and A.R. Kabat. 2004. (Ref. 1821)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 5.7 - 15.4, mean 9.6 (based on 279 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.