Gastropoda |
Littorinimorpha |
Naticidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Qatar, Philippines and China.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Naticidae are carnivorous prosobranchs which drill holes on their prey such as limpets, barnacles, and other mollusks, especially bivalves (Ref. 833).
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.
ANS, Academy of Natural Sciences 2007 Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://newportal.gbif.org/datasets/resource/175 13/09/2007. (Ref. 8319)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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