Euplica turturina Turtle Dove Shell

Euplica turturina is commonly referred to as Turtle Dove Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

14085 

AphiaID:

511781 

Scientific:

Euplica turturina 

German:

Schildkröten Täubchenschnecke 

English:

Turtle Dove Shell 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Columbellidae (Family) > Euplica (Genus) > turturina (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1822 

Occurrence:

Aldabra Group, Indian Ocean, Marschall Islands, Mozambique, South-Africa, Tansania 

Sea depth:

1 - 22 Meter 

Size:

0" - 0.39" (0,9cm - 1,6cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, No reliable information available 

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:

• Euplica bidentata
• Euplica borealis
• Euplica brunnidentata
• 
  Euplica deshayesii
  Täubchenschnecke
• 
  Euplica festiva
  Täubchenschnecke
• 
  Euplica ionida
  Täubschneschnecke
• Euplica livescens
• Euplica loisae
• 
  Euplica scripta
  Beschriebene-Täubchenschnecke
• 
  Euplica turturina
  Schildkröten Täubchenschnecke
• 
  Euplica varians
  Variable Täubchenschnecke
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Euplica sp.01
  Täubchenschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2021-09-10 18:16:26 

Last edit:

2024-03-10 17:21:16 

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