Monetaria annulus, Gold ring cowrie : fisheries

Monetaria annulus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gold ring cowrie

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Littorinimorpha | Cypraeidae

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

; djupintervall 1 - 8 m (Ref. 101216).  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 349); common length : 3.0 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 349)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Mainly collected for shellcraft. Formerly used as a currency in many areas of the world, the shell is also still used as a divinatory item by some animist tribes, particularly in tropical Africa. Empty shells of Cypraea annulus collected outside this area were carried there by ships when to his cowry was used as a currency (Ref. 349). Widespread in the shallow water, occurring in every kind of habitat (Ref. 349). Members of the family Cypraeidae are primarily carnivores (Ref. 67623).

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. (Ref. 349)

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

  Harmless

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Ytterligare information

Trophic Ecology
Food items (preys)
Födosammansättning
Födointag
Predatorer
Ekologi
Ekologi
Population dynamics
Tillväxt
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundans
Life cycle
Reproduktion
Könsmognad
Fecundity
Lek
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Distribution
Länder
FAO områden
Ekosystem
Förekomster
Utplanteringar
Physiology
Syreförbrukning
Human Related
Stamps, coins, misc.
Outreach
Medarbetare
Taxonomy
Populärnamn
synonymer
Morfologi
Bilder
referenser
referenser

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): 23.5 - 29.3, mean 28.4 (based on 3364 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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