Mammilla simiae Monkey Moon Snail

Mammilla simiae is commonly referred to as Monkey Moon Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Mammilla simiae, 36mm,Kwajalein

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AphiaID:: 569984

Scientific:: Mammilla simiae
German:: Affen Mondschnecke, Monkey Mondschnecke
English:: Monkey Moon Snail

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Naticidae (Family) > Mammilla (Genus) > simiae (Species)
Initial determination:: (Deshayes, ), 1838

Occurrence:: Aldabra Group, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, China, Fiji, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, Mozambique, New Zealand, North Pacific (Ocean), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, South-Pazific, Vanuatu
Marine Zone:: Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters
Sea depth:: Meter
Habitats:: Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Lagoons, Ocean beach, Seashore, Sandy sea floors, Seaward facing reefs
Size:: 3,6 cm
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Clams, Predatory, Snails
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:

Mammilla caprae
Mammilla fibrosa
Mammilla kurodai
Mammilla mammata
Mammilla maura
Mammilla melanostoma
Schwarzmund Mondschnecke, Schwarzmündige Mondschnecke
Mammilla melanostomoides
Mammilla mikawaensis
Mammilla priamus
Mammilla sebae
Mammilla simiae
Affen Mondschnecke, Monkey Mondschnecke
Mammilla syrphetodes

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2024-09-16 16:30:54
Last edit:: 2024-09-16 17:03:46

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Mammilla simiae (Deshayes, 1838)

Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family of minute to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of the species in this family are mostly globular in shape. Moon snails live on sandy substrates.Moon snail shells are attractive and relatively large, and often popular in jewellery and ornamentation. .

Synonymised names
Mamilla simiae (Deshayes, 1848) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Mammilla propesimiae Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Natica samarensis Récluz, 1844 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Natica sigaretina Menke, 1828 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Natica...)
Natica simiae Deshayes, 1838 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Polinices (Mammilla) simiae (Deshayes, 1838) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Polinices simiae (Deshayes, 1838) · unaccepted (superseded combination)

External links

New Zealand Mollusca (en). Abgerufen am 16.09.2024.

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