Gastropoda | 
Lepetellida | 
Haliotidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range				
				
					Ekologi				
				
			
			
				.  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Central Pacific:  from Philippines to southern Indonesia.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.0 cm ShH hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 349); common length : 4.0 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 349)			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						The shell is ovate, with a low, non-protuding spire. Outer surafce smooth, with holes slighly raised from the shell surface, the last 5 or 6 holes open. Regularly convex outer lip of the shell.  Colouration: outside shell greenish brown, with cream or whitish streaks and blotches; inside shell shiny, iridescent (Ref. 128042).					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Found in coral reef (Ref. 128042) and shallow subtidal areas (Ref. 349, 128042), particularly rocky intertidal shores (Ref. 128042).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Poutiers, J.M. 1998 Gastropods. p. 363-648. In Carpenter, K. E. and V. H. Niem. 1998. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 1. Seaweeds, corals, bivalves, and gastropods. Rome, FAO. (Ref. 349)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
				Fiskeri: kommersiell			
			
			
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					Ytterligare information				
				
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						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).