Lambis truncata, Giant spider conch : fisheries

Lambis truncata   (Humphrey, 1786)

Giant spider conch

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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Littorinimorpha | Strombidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

Revassocierade; djupintervall 0 - 30 m (Ref. 349).  Tropical; 37°N - 32°S, 29°E - 127°W

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Indo-Pacific: from eastern Africa to Sudan, Egypt, Yemen and India, to southeast Asia and Australia, as far east to Pitcairn Islands and north to Hawaii and Japan. Tropical to subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 43.0 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 349); common length : 28.0 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 349)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Actively collected by native populations for food, by hand at low tide on the reefs, or by diving. In spite of its weight and considerable size, the shell is favored, especially by tourists, due to the beauty of its heavily glazed aperture (Ref. 349). Found in shallow lagoons to the outer edge of reefs. Shell of old specimens often worn and encrusted with calcareous algae, vermetid snails, and tubes of polychaete worms (Ref. 349). Members of the genus Lambis are specialized herbivores, feeding on macroscopic or unicellular algae and algal detritus (Ref. 107011).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Poutiers, J.M. 1998 Gastropods. p. 363-648. In Carpenter, K. E. and V. H. Niem. 1998. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 1. Seaweeds, corals, bivalves, and gastropods. Rome, FAO. (Ref. 349)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Verktyg

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Trophic Ecology
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Population dynamics
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Life cycle
Reproduktion
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Fecundity
Lek
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Larvae
Distribution
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Internet-källor

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, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.8 - 29.3, mean 28.4 (based on 3207 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.
Nutrients :  Calcium = 126 [75, 177] mg/100g; Iron = 4.79 [1.67, 7.92] mg/100g; Protein = 15.9 [14.8, 16.9] %; Omega3 = 0.331 [0.263, 0.400] g/100g; Selenium = 57.8 [48.5, 67.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.97 [0.92, 3.02] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

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