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- Calyptraeidae
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Crucibulum spinosum (Sowerby I, 1824)
Spiny cup-and-saucer
Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Gastropoda | Littorinimorpha | Calyptraeidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Circumglobal in warm seas.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Short description Morphology
Low conical limpet-like shell, apex is spirally coiled. Dorsal surface is ray-white with spirally arranged spines or knobby projections. Ventral surface is purple or black and smooth with distinct cup-like projections (Ref. 3350).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Protandrous hermaphrodites, changes from a small male into a full-grown female. Spawns throughout the year in Kaneohe Bay.
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
DeFelice, R.C., L.G. Eldredge and J.T. Carlton. 2001. (Ref. 3248)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Alien/Invasive Species database | BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.