Cylichna alba, White Cylichna

Cylichna alba   (Brown, 1827)

White Cylichna

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Cephalaspidea | Cylichnidae

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

Benthic; depth range 2 - 1829 m (Ref. 3446), usually 5 - 1096 m (Ref. 3446).  Tropical; 89°N - 41°N, 75°W - 0°W (Ref. 3446)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Mediterranean and the Arctic: Canadian Artic Archipelago and European waters. Tropical to polar climates.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 822)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Assumed maximum length from Ref. 822. Common in estuarine mud flats, hidden in drying mats of drift eel grass. Predator: shore birds such as Western Sandpipers (Ref. 822).

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

Behrens, D.W. and A. Hermosillo. 2005. (Ref. 822)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  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): 0.4 - 10.3, mean 3.4 (based on 1433 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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