Cellana ornata Ornate Limpet

Cellana ornata is commonly referred to as Ornate Limpet. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Cellana ornata,High tide rocks at the Waipu Pancake Rocks, Bream Bay, Northland 2024

Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:: 12715
AphiaID:: 325453

Scientific:: Cellana ornata
German:: Verzierte Napfschnecke
English:: Ornate Limpet

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Nacellidae (Family) > Cellana (Genus) > ornata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Dillwyn, ), 1817

Occurrence:: Australia, Canada Eastern Pacific, Indian Ocean, New Zealand, South-Pazific, Sri Lanka, Tasmania (Australia), USA
Sea depth:: - 1 Meter
Habitats:: Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0.39" - 1.97" (1,6cm - 5,0cm)
Temperature:: °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder
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:

Cellana analogia
Cellana ardosiaea
Cellana conciliata
Cellana craticulata
Cellana cylindrica
Cellana denticulata
Cellana dira
Cellana enneagona
Cellana eucosmia
Cellana exarata
Cellana flava
Cellana granostriata
Cellana grata
Cellana howensis
Cellana karachiensis
Cellana livescens
Cellana mazatlandica
Cellana melanostoma
Cellana nigrolineata
Cellana oliveri
Cellana ornata
Verzierte Napfschnecke
Cellana pricei
Cellana radians
Strahlen-Napfschnecke, Gewöhnliche Neuseeland-Napfschnecke
Cellana radiata
Cellana rota
Cellana sandwicensis
Gelbfuß-Napfschnecke, Gelbfuß-Opihi, Sandwichinsel-Napfschnecke
Cellana solida
Solide Napfschnecke, Orangerand Napfschnecke
Cellana stellifera
Cellana strigilis
Gestreifte Napfschnecke
Cellana taitensis
Cellana talcosa
Cellana testudinaria
Cellana toreuma
Cellana tramoserica
Napfschnecke
Cellana turbator
Cellana vitiensis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-01-22 20:13:16
Last edit:: 2024-03-16 16:21:06

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Cellana ornata (Dillwyn, 1817)

Cellana ornata is a species of true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae. It is an algae grazer.

Synonymised names:
Patella luctuosa Gould, 1846
Patella margaritaria Reeve, 1855
Patella nodosa Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841
Patella ornata Dillwyn, 1817

External links

sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 16.03.2024.

Pictures

Commonly

Cellana ornata,Waikato, Nueva Zelanda 2024

Cellana ornata,High tide rocks at the Waipu Pancake Rocks, Bream Bay, Northland 2024

Ornate limpet covered in Barnacles,Cellana ornata, Lion´s Rock, Piha, 2019

Ornate Limpet,Cellana ornata, Whatipu, Manukau Heads.2019

Foto: Pauatahani Inlet, Porira, Neuseeland

Cellana ornata,On rocks at high tide,Waipu Pancake Rocks,2020

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