Primovula formosa Formosa Egg Cowrie

Primovula formosa is commonly referred to as Formosa Egg Cowrie. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Primovula formosa
German:: Formosa Eischnecke
English:: Formosa Egg Cowrie

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Primovula (Genus) > formosa (Species)
Initial determination:: (G. B. Sowerby II, ), 1848

Occurrence:: Central Pazific, India, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 0.39" - 0.59" (1cm - 1.5cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory
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:

Primovula beckeri
Primovula panthera
Primovula rosewateri
Rosewaters Eischnecke
Primovula santacarolinensis
Primovula uvula

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-07-20 20:03:45
Last edit:: 2024-05-03 14:55:43

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Primovula formosa (G. B. Sowerby II in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)

Primovula formosa is a sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, also known as cowry allies or false cowries.

Primovula formosa is a shell snail from the family Ovulidae, the so-called ice snails.
Snails in this family feed on various corals, each of which they specialize in.

They are usually perfectly matched in color to their host coral.

Synonymised names:
Delonovolva formosa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
Ovulum formosum G. B. Sowerby II in Adams & Reeve, 1848

External links

Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
philippine-sea-slugs.com (en). Abgerufen am 01.04.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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