Pterelectroma physoides Zebra Wingshell, Winged Oysters

Pterelectroma physoides is commonly referred to as Zebra Wingshell, Winged Oysters. 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:

12495 

AphiaID:

872825 

Scientific:

Pterelectroma physoides 

German:

Zebra-Flügelauster 

English:

Zebra Wingshell, Winged Oysters 

Category:

Sea Shells 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Ostreida (Order) > Pteriidae (Family) > Pterelectroma (Genus) > physoides (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1819 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bali, Central Pazific, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, South-Africa, Tansania, Tulamben, Western Pacific Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

3 - 75 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1,0cm - 2,9cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Zooplankton 

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:

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  Pterelectroma physoides
  Zebra-Flügelauster

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-10-22 20:12:42 

Last edit:

2025-10-13 15:34:05 

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