Gibbula fanulum top snail

Gibbula fanulum is commonly referred to as top snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Gibbula fanulum © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland,Bild aus der Adria

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lexID:: 6422
AphiaID:: 141787

Scientific:: Gibbula fanulum
German:: Tempelchen
English:: Top Snail

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Trochidae (Family) > Gibbula (Genus) > fanulum (Species)
Initial determination:: (Gmelin, ), 1791

Occurrence:: Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), North Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 0.35" - 0.98" (0.9cm - 2.5cm)
Temperature:: 50 °F - 77 °F (10°C - 25°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Detritus
Tank:: 11 gal (~ 50L)
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:

Gibbula adansonii
Gibbula adriatica
Gibbula albida
Gibbula ardens
Gibbula aurantia
Gibbula beckeri
Gibbula benzi
Gibbula candei
Gibbula capensis
Gibbula cicer
Gibbula cineraria
Gibbula clandestina
Gibbula corallioides
Gibbula delgadensis
Gibbula denizi
Gibbula deversa
Gibbula divaricata
Gibbula drepanensis
Gibbula eikoae
Gibbula fanulum
Tempelchen
Gibbula guishanensis
Gibbula guttadauri
Gibbula hisseyiana
Gibbula houarti
Gibbula joubini
Gibbula leucophaea
Gibbula loculosa
Gibbula magus
Knorrige Kreiselschnecke, Zauberbuckelschnecke, Magus Gibbula
Gibbula massieri
Gibbula multicolor
Gibbula nivosa
Gibbula pennanti
Gibbula philberti
Gibbula racketti
Gibbula rarilineata
Gibbula sementis
Gibbula senegalensis
Gibbula spratti
Gibbula spurca
Kreiselschnecke
Gibbula tantilla
Gibbula tenuilirata
Gibbula tingitana
Gibbula tryoni
Gibbula tumida
Gibbula turbinoides
Gibbula umbilicalis
Gibbula umbilicaris
Gibbula vanwalleghemi
Gibbula varia
Gibbula verdensis
Gibbula vimontiae
Gibbula zonata
Kreiselschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-11-18 14:30:10
Last edit:: 2022-09-23 13:38:20

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Gibbula fanulum (Gmelin, 1791)

Divaricate fanulum feeds on algae, that they rasp of hard stones.

Synonymised names:
Forskalia fanulum (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Forskalia fanulum var. rubropicta Coen, 1937 · unaccepted
Gibbula fanula (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (specific name wrongly treated as...)
Trochus fanulum Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Trochus fanulum var. albosordida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus fanulum var. rubra Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus fanulum var. varia Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus tuberculatus Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus undulatus Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Gibbula fanulum © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland,Bild aus der Adria

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