Globovula cavanaghi Cavanagh's Egg Cowrie

Globovula cavanaghi is commonly referred to as Cavanagh's Egg Cowrie. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

11081 

AphiaID:

430567 

Scientific:

Globovula cavanaghi 

German:

Cavanaghs Eischnecke 

English:

Cavanagh's Egg Cowrie 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Globovula (Genus) > cavanaghi (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Iredale, ), 1931 

Occurrence:

Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Moluccas, Queensland (Australia) 

Sea depth:

8 - 15 Meter 

Size:

1,8 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Globovula cavanaghi
  Cavanaghs Eischnecke
• 
  Globovula sphaera
  Kugel Eischnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-09-27 20:06:20 

Last edit:

2017-09-27 21:13:06 

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