Gastropoda |
Littorinimorpha |
Calyptraeidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Temperate
Northeast Pacific: British Columbia, Canada to Mexico. Climate: temperate to tropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 2.5 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 312)
Description: Shell is dark brown with a hooked backward facing peak (Ref. 312).
It has a shell length of 2.5 cm (Ref. 312). Occurs from middle to low intertidal zones; females live the majority of their lives on the outside of the shell of the Turban Snail (Tegula spp.), while males move from snail to snail. Filter feeder on plankton and detritus; captures drifting food with a mucous net (Ref. 312).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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.
Gallivan, G. and J. Danforth. 1999. (Ref. 312)
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): 9.3 - 18.2, mean 10.8 (based on 163 cells).
Price category
Unknown.