Assiminea vulgaris

Assiminea vulgaris   (Webster, 1905)


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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Littorinimorpha | Assimineidae

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

Benthic.  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southern Pacific: New Zealand, Kermadec and Easter Island.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.3 cm SHH male/unsexed; (Ref. 87884)

Short description Morphology

Shell small, 1.75 to almost 3 mm in height, moderately elevated-turbiniform, imperforate, with about 5 smooth, evenly convex whorls, an impressed suture, and a very fine line at some distance below the suture; light yellowish brown to moderate orange in color; aperture rather broadly ovate, outer lip evenly arcuate, thickened and somewhat effuse at columella and covering the narrow umbilical perforation.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Supratidal on rock (Ref. 337).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Brook, F.J. 1998. (Ref. 337)

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

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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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