Staphylaea limacina Limacina Cowry, Slug-like Cowry

Staphylaea limacina is commonly referred to as Limacina Cowry, Slug-like Cowry. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

11625 

AphiaID:

216892 

Scientific:

Staphylaea limacina 

German:

Porzellanschnecke 

English:

Limacina Cowry, Slug-like Cowry 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Staphylaea (Genus) > limacina (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1810 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bali, Comores, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Tansania, the Seychelles 

Sea depth:

0 - 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 1.57" (4 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

omnivore 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Staphylaea limacina
  Porzellanschnecke
• Staphylaea semiplota
• 
  Staphylaea staphylaea
  Traubenkauri

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-07-17 14:04:21 

Last edit:

2021-04-30 19:35:32 

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