Gastropoda | 
Not assigned | 
Lottiidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Demersal.  Temperate			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Northwest Pacific:  Hong Kong, Japan and Ryukyu Islands.
			
			
			
			
			
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				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					This species occurs in the Saccoctrea zone on sandy bottoms.  It is usually found on the shell of S. mordax in Ryukyu Islands and on S. cucullata in Hong Kong, but occasionally also on Crassostrea angulata or on rocks.  Vertical distribution ranges from mid to high intertidal zone (Ref. 7989).  Also in mangrove areas. Part of both the epibenthic and arboreal communities (Ref. 128397).				
			
			
			
			
			
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					Members of the order Patellogastropoda are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners.  Life cycle:  Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Nakano, T. and T. Ozawa 2007 Worldwide Phylogeography of Limpets of the Order Patellogastropoda: Molecular, Morphological and Paleontological Evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 1-21. (Ref. 3436)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
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				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
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