Gibberulus dekkersi Dekker's Conch

Gibberulus dekkersi is commonly referred to as Dekker's Conch. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

16124 

AphiaID:

1530232 

Scientific:

Gibberulus dekkersi 

German:

Dekkers-Flügelschnecke 

English:

Dekker's Conch 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Strombidae (Family) > Gibberulus (Genus) > dekkersi (Species) 

Initial determination:

S. J. Maxwell, Hernandez Duran, Rowell & Rymer, 2021 

Occurrence:

Fiji, Marschall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia), South-Pazific, USA, Vanuatu 

Sea depth:

1 - 20 Meter 

Habitats:

Lagoons, Sandy sea floors, Seaward facing reefs 

Size:

4,9 cm 

Food:

algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Detritus, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

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:

• 
  Gibberulus gibberulus
  Kleine Flügelschnecke, Buckel-Flügelschnecke , Buckel-Fechterschnecke

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Gibberulus dekkersi
  Dekkers-Flügelschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2023-12-18 14:33:50 

Last edit:

2023-12-18 14:39:41 

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