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Diloma bicanaliculatum Knobbed Top Shell

Diloma bicanaliculatum is commonly referred to as Knobbed Top 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.


Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Diloma bicanaliculatum,Whangarei, NZ-NO, NZ 2019


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:
14749 
AphiaID:
546857 
Scientific:
Diloma bicanaliculatum 
German:
Genoppte Kreiselschnecke 
English:
Knobbed Top Shell 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Trochidae (Family) > Diloma (Genus) > bicanaliculatum (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Dunker, ), 1845 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, New Zealand 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
0.39" - 0.79" (1,0cm - 2,0cm) 
Temperature:
13,9 °F - 21,4 °F (13,9°C - 21,4°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Detritus 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-04-28 20:12:25 

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Diloma bicanaliculatum (Dunker, 1845)

The Knobbed Top Shell is a marine gastropod in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Members of genus Diloma are algae grazer and feeding on detritus.

Synonymised names:
Anisodiloma lugubris lenior Finlay, 1926 · unaccepted
Monodonta lugubris var. albina Mestayer, 1927 · unaccepted
Trochus bernardii Récluz, 1852 · unaccepted
Trochus bicanaliculatus Dunker, 1845 · unaccepted (original combination)
Trochus cingulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
Trochus gaimardi Philippi, 1851 · unaccepted
Trochus sulcatus W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted


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