Ovula costellata Pink-mouth Egg Shell

Ovula costellata is commonly referred to as Pink-mouth Egg Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

11102 

AphiaID:

431060 

Scientific:

Ovula costellata 

German:

Rosamund Eischnecke 

English:

Pink-mouth Egg Shell 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Ovula (Genus) > costellata (Species) 

Initial determination:

Lamarck, 1810 

Occurrence:

Australia, East Africa, Indo Pacific, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Palau, Philippines, Taiwan, the Kermadec Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

2 - 60 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

21,3 °F - 28,9 °F (21,3°C - 28,9°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Ovula costellata
  Rosamund Eischnecke
• 
  Ovula ovum
  Große Eischnecke

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Ovula sp.01
  Eischnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-10-06 18:56:37 

Last edit:

2024-06-23 20:40:45 

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