Niso brunnea Urchin Parasitic Snail

Niso brunnea is commonly referred to as Urchin Parasitic Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

14598 

AphiaID:

566176 

Scientific:

Niso brunnea 

German:

Seeigel-Schnecke 

English:

Urchin Parasitic Snail 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Eulimidae (Family) > Niso (Genus) > brunnea (Species) 

Initial determination:

(G. B. Sowerby I, ), 1834 

Occurrence:

Bali, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Marquesas Islands 

Sea depth:

- 20 Meter 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Parasitic 

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:

• Niso aeglees
• Niso albida
• Niso attilioi
• Niso baueri
• Niso chevreuxi
• Niso circinata
• Niso excolpa
• Niso foresti
• Niso goniostoma
• Niso hendersoni
• Niso imbricata
• Niso interrupta
• Niso lomana
• Niso microforis
• Niso portoricensis
• Niso splendidula
• Niso tricolor
• Niso venosa
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Niso brunnea
  Seeigel-Schnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-03-12 17:09:51 

Last edit:

2022-03-12 17:20:35 

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