Gastropoda |
Cycloneritida |
Neritidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Eastern Pacific: Form Easter Island and Sala y Gómez westward in a narrow band through the Pitcairn Islands and Rapa to the Gambier and Austral Islands.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.9 cm SHW male/unsexed; (Ref. 87884)
On and under rocks in tide pools, and on rocks at water's edge and in wave-surge area (Ref. 87884).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Neritopsina are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.
Spencer, H.G., J.M. Waters and T.E. Eichhorst. 2007. (Ref. 88768)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).