Hinea lineata Dwarf Atlantic Planaxis

Hinea lineata is commonly referred to as Dwarf Atlantic Planaxis. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18298 

AphiaID:

759678 

Scientific:

Hinea lineata 

German:

Linien Hinea, Zwerg-Planaxis 

English:

Dwarf Atlantic Planaxis 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda incertae sedis (Order) > Planaxidae (Family) > Hinea (Genus) > lineata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(da Costa, ), 1778 

Occurrence:

Angola, Belize, Bonaire, Cuba, Gabon, Gulf of Mexico, Mauritius, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, Venezuela, West Africa 

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:

1 - 5 Meter 

Habitats:

Bays, Coral reefs, Gravel soil, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Lagoons, Rocky, hard seabeds, Rubble floors, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Shell Gravel Soils, Shell Grit Soils, Stony Soils, Under rocks 

Size:

0" - 0.39" (0,5cm - 1,0cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Detritus, No reliable information available 

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:

• Hinea brasiliana

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Hinea lineata
  Linien Hinea, Zwerg-Planaxis
• 
  Hinea punctostriata
  Punkte-und Streifen Hinea

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-04-25 20:09:59 

Last edit:

2026-04-25 20:26:42 

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