Crenavolva traillii Trail’s Egg Shell

Crenavolva traillii is commonly referred to as Trail’s Egg Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Trail’s Egg Shell,Crenavolva traillii,Bangka Island UW, North Sulawesi, Indonesia,Nov. 2025

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lexID:: 17962
AphiaID:: 430691

Scientific:: Crenavolva traillii
German:: Trails Spindelkauri
English:: Trail’s Egg Shell

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Crenavolva (Genus) > traillii (Species)
Initial determination:: (A. Adams, ), 1856

Occurrence:: Australia, Bali, Cebu ((Philippines), Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Sulawesi, Sumatra
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:: - 15 Meter
Habitats:: On living corals, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0" - 0.39" (0,5cm - 1,5cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous
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:

Crenavolva aureola
Goldene Eischnecke
Crenavolva cruenta
Crenavolva grovesi
Crenavolva guidoi
Crenavolva janae
Crenavolva leopardus
Leopard Eischnecke
Crenavolva marmorata
Marmorierte Spindelkauri
Crenavolva martini
Crenavolva matsumiyai
Crenavolva nanshaensis
Crenavolva philippei
Crenavolva striatula
Crenavolva tinctura
Crenavolva tokuoi
Crenavolva traillii
Trails Spindelkauri
Crenavolva virgo
Crenavolva vitrea

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2025-12-11 19:43:29
Last edit:: 2025-12-11 19:55:59

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Crenavolva traillii (A. Adams, 1856)

Crenavolva traillii is a marine gastropod in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.Occurs off the Philippines.

Type locality for description of Crenavolva traillii contained the Malacca Strait.

Synonymised names
Amphiperas (Ovulum) traillii A. Adams, 1856 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Amphiperas traillii A. Adams, 1856 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Crenavolva (Crenavolva) striatula hesperia C. N. Cate, 1975 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Crenavolva striatula hesperia C. N. Cate, 1973 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Crenavolva striatula traillii (A. Adams, 1856) · unaccepted
Crenavolva traillii hesperia C. N. Cate, 1973 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Ovula dentata G. B. Sowerby II, 1848 sensu Angas, 1887 · unaccepted
Primovula formosa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) sensu F. A. Schilder, 1941 · unaccepted

Direct children (1)
Subspecies Crenavolva traillii hesperia C. N. Cate, 1973 accepted as Crenavolva traillii (A. Adams, 1856) (junior subjective synonym)

External links

Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 11.12.2025.

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Trail’s Egg Shell,Crenavolva traillii,Bangka Island UW, North Sulawesi, Indonesia,Nov. 2025

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