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Xanthochorus cassidiformis   (Blainville, 1832)

Orange whelk

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

| Neogastropoda | Muricidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 2 - 100 m (Ref. 87801).  Temperate; 7°S - 48°S, 80°W - 68°W

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Southeast Pacific: from Trujillo (Peru) to Golfo de Penas (Chile). Subtropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

It is found on sandy bottoms and silt with shell fragments at depths of 2 to 100 m (Ref. 87801). Carnivorous (Ref. 92798).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

Egg masses are composed of 3n8 to 112 egg capsules where 325 and 733 embryos develop in the interior of the egg capsule and emerges as planktotrophic larvae. The capsules are attached to hard substrates.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Servicio Nacional de Pesca y Acuicultura. 2011. (Ref. 90098)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Länder
FAO områden
Ekosystem
Förekomster
Utplanteringar
Stocks
Ekologi
Föda
Födoslag
Populärnamn
synonymer
Predatorer
Reproduktion
Könsmognad
Lek
Fecundity
Ägg
Egg development
Age/Size
Tillväxt
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfologi
Larver
Abundans
referenser
Mass conversion
Medarbetare
Bilder

Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 12.4 - 19.7, mean 15.3 (based on 14 cells).