Lovellona atramentosa Lovellona

Lovellona atramentosa is commonly referred to as Lovellona. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic.

Profile

lexID:

13197 

AphiaID:

428917 

Scientific:

Lovellona atramentosa 

German:

Lovellona 

English:

Lovellona 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Mitromorphidae (Family) > Lovellona (Genus) > atramentosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Reeve, ), 1849 

Occurrence:

Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Australia, Christmas Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), French Polynesia, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Japan, Marschall Islands, Mozambique, New Caledonia, North Pacific (Ocean), Okinawa, Philippines, Réunion , South-Africa, South-Pazific, the Seychelles, USA 

Sea depth:

10 - 50 Meter 

Size:

0" - 0.39" (0,5cm - 1,3cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Lovellona atramentosa
  Lovellona
• Lovellona biconus
• Lovellona carbonaria
• Lovellona elongata
• Lovellona grandis
• Lovellona peaseana

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-08-13 19:22:09 

Last edit:

2020-08-13 19:46:54 

Toxicity

Lovellona atramentosa is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Lovellona atramentosa, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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