Gastropoda | 
Neogastropoda | 
Volutidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 20 - 30 m (Ref. 106216).  Temperate; 50°N -   30°N, 11°W -   18°E			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean:  Portugal, Strait of Gibraltar, Mediterranean in Andalucia, Alboran Sea to Malta, to the deep waters of the North African coast.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 109255)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Maximum length can grow more than 15 cm (Ref. 109255). Found in shallow and protected areas of up to 10 m deep in an estuary (Ref. 122253).  Occurs in soft bottoms (Ref. 96488), in fine sands (Ref. 122262).   Also found on Zostera marina beds (Ref. 96488).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					This species is a non-broadcast spawner.  Life cycle does not include trocophore stage.  Also Ref. 833.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Gaspar, M.B., M.D. Dias, A. Campos, C.C. Monteiro, M.N. Santos, A. Chicharo and L. Chicharo 2001 The Influence of dredge design on the catch of Callista chione (Linaeus, 1758). Hydrobiologia 465:153-167. (Ref. 2714)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
				Fisheries: commercial			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 14 - 18.4, mean 16.3 (based on 10 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).