Austroginella muscaria Fly Marginella

Austroginella muscaria is commonly referred to as Fly Marginella. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Simon Grove, Australia

Fly-like margin-shell Austroginella muscaria, Marion Bay, Tasmania, April 2018_CC BY Simon Grove

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lexID:: 16929
AphiaID:: 473686

Scientific:: Austroginella muscaria
German:: Fliegenschnecke
English:: Fly Marginella

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Marginellidae (Family) > Austroginella (Genus) > muscaria (Species)
Initial determination:: (Lamarck, ), 1822

Occurrence:: Australia, Endemic species, Tasmania (Australia)
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:: 1 - 85 Meter
Habitats:: Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0.39" - 0.39" (1,0cm - 1,6cm)
Temperature:: °F - 64.4 °F (°C - 18°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Predatory
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:

Austroginella muscaria
Fliegenschnecke
Austroginella queenslandica
Austroginella translucida

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2024-11-08 12:48:27
Last edit:: 2024-11-08 12:48:27

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Austroginella muscaria (Lamarck, 1822)

Austroginella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Austroginellinae of the family Marginellidae.

The Shell of Austroginella muscaria is moderately large, white to pale yellowish orange in color.

Synonymised names
Erato lactea F. W. Hutton, 1880 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Marginella lactea (F. W. Hutton, 1880) · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Marginella muscaria Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

Molluscs of Tasmania (en). Abgerufen am 08.11.2024.
Seashells of New South Wales (en). Abgerufen am 08.11.2024.

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Fly-like margin-shell Austroginella muscaria, Marion Bay, Tasmania, April 2018_CC BY Simon Grove

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