Macrocypraea cervinetta Little Deer Cowry

Macrocypraea cervinetta is commonly referred to as Little Deer Cowry. 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:

4100 

AphiaID:

578043 

Scientific:

Macrocypraea cervinetta 

German:

Kauri-Schnecke 

English:

Little Deer Cowry 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Macrocypraea (Genus) > cervinetta (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Kiener, ), 1844 

Occurrence:

Eastern Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of California, Peru 

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:

1.57" - 4.33" (4cm - 11cm) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, omnivore 

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:

• 
  Macrocypraea cervinetta
  Kauri-Schnecke
• 
  Macrocypraea cervus
  Kauri-Schnecke
• 
  Macrocypraea zebra
  Kaurieschnecke - Porzellanschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-02-07 08:41:31 

Last edit:

2024-08-24 12:51:50 

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