Cryptospira elegans Elegant Marginella

Cryptospira elegans is commonly referred to as Elegant Marginella. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

16261 

AphiaID:

473706 

Scientific:

Cryptospira elegans 

German:

Fantastische Randschnecke, Elegante Marginella 

English:

Elegant Marginella 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Marginellidae (Family) > Cryptospira (Genus) > elegans (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gmelin, ), 1791 

Occurrence:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Australia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand 

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 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

5,5 cm 

Weight:

8 g 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Predatory, Snails 

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:

• Cryptospira bridgettae
• Cryptospira cloveriana
• Cryptospira dactylus
• 
  Cryptospira elegans
  Fantastische Randschnecke, Elegante Marginella
• Cryptospira fischeri
• Cryptospira glauca
• Cryptospira grisea
• Cryptospira immersa
• Cryptospira marchii
• Cryptospira mccleeryi
• Cryptospira merguiensis
• Cryptospira onychina
• Cryptospira praecallosa
• Cryptospira quadrilineata
• Cryptospira sabellii
• Cryptospira scripta
• 
  Cryptospira strigata
  Gestreifte Marginella, Gestreifte Randschnecke
• Cryptospira trailli
• Cryptospira tricincta
• Cryptospira ventricosa
• Cryptospira wallacei
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-02-18 17:28:14 

Last edit:

2024-02-18 17:32:59 

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