Harpago chiragra Chiragra Spider Conch, Gouty Spider Conch

Harpago chiragra is commonly referred to as Chiragra Spider Conch, Gouty Spider Conch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3130 

AphiaID:

564725 

Scientific:

Harpago chiragra 

German:

Chiragra Spinnenschnecke, Großer Bootshaken 

English:

Chiragra Spider Conch, Gouty Spider Conch 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Strombidae (Family) > Harpago (Genus) > chiragra (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, East Africa, Guam, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands) 

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:

0 - 25 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral rubble substrate, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Lagoons, Sandy sea floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools 

Size:

3.15" - 12.6" (8,2cm - 32cm) 

Temperature:

23,3 °F - 29,3 °F (23,3°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Detritus 

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:

• 
  Harpago arthriticus
  Arthritische Spinnenschnecke
• 
  Harpago chiragra
  Chiragra Spinnenschnecke, Großer Bootshaken

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-04-25 11:21:57 

Last edit:

2026-02-17 15:43:42 

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