Gastropoda |
Not assigned |
Potamididae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Western Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Shell high, with 10 to whorls, flat sided. Two channels and an impressed suture can be found on the upper whorls, and about 10 channels on the body whorl are crossed by axial ribs, producing squarish beads. Beads on each whorl are all of similar size. Outer lip is flared in aduls, and thickened with both anterior and posterior canals. Columella is smooth, and thickened along full height. Shell is dark brown. Aperture is whitish. Operculum is light brown and horny.
Found in sandy shores, near the vicinity of the depression formed during low tides to avoid desiccation (Ref. 125338). On mud or rock surfaces in mangroves, at the mid to upper intertidal levels (Ref. 128877). Part of both epibenthic and arboreal communities (Ref. 128397).
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.
Poppe, G.T. 2008. (Ref. 86518)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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