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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species has a broad Indo-West Pacific distribution, occurring from southern Japan and the Ryukyu Islands south through the Philippines, Gulf of Thailand, and Indonesia to Australia and New Guinea, and east to Micronesia and the Marshall Islands (Palomares and Pauly 2009). In Australia it occurs from Shark Bay, Western Australia around the northern coast to Sydney, New South Wales (Beechey 2010).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia); Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; China; Fiji; Guam; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia (Bali, Jawa, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Papua, Sulawesi, Sumatera); Japan (Honshu, Kyushu, Nansei-shoto); Malaysia; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); Nauru; New Caledonia; Palau; Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea (main island group)); Philippines; Singapore; Solomon Islands (South Solomons); Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China (Taiwan, Province of China (main island)); Thailand; Vanuatu; Viet Nam
Vagrant:
Marshall Islands
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Population [top]
Population: This species is abundant and generally dominant in the tropics but uncommon in New South Wales, Australia (Beechey 2009). In Sulawesi it reaches densities of up to 153 individuals m-2 (Barnes 2003).
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This species inhabits estuaries, coastal lagoons, river mouths and mangroves where it is found on muddy sand (Houbrick 1992, Beechey 2010). It can also occur in aquaculture ponds, for example in Thailand (Fujioka et al. 2007).
Systems: Freshwater
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): There are no known threats to this species. However, Houbrick (1992) stated that: "the presence of mangrove swamps is a critical factor in distribution". Despite its widespread distribution, the global decline in mangrove habitats may be a threat to this species (Alongi 2002).
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for this species, although in places its range coincides with protected areas.
Citation: Rintelen, T. 2011. Cerithium coralium. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T189314A8714724. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189314A8714724.en. Downloaded on 22 March 2017.
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