Venus casina Venus casina

Venus casina is commonly referred to as Venus casina. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Venus casina © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland,Bild aus der Adria

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AphiaID:: 141934

Scientific:: Venus casina
German:: Rauhe Venusmuschel
English:: Venus Casina

Category:: Sea Shells

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Venerida (Order) > Veneridae (Family) > Venus (Genus) > casina (Species)
Initial determination:: Linnaeus, 1758

Occurrence:: Tunesien, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea
Size:: up to 1.97" (5 cm)
Temperature:: 50 °F - 77 °F (10°C - 25°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
Difficulty:: Average

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Venus albina
Venus casina
Rauhe Venusmuschel
Venus cassinaeformis
Venus chevreuxi
Venus crebrisulca
Venus damasoi
Venus declivis
Venus lyra
Venus nux
Venus subrosalina
Venus thomassini
Venus verdensis
Venus verrucosa
Raue Venusmuschel

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-11-21 20:17:12
Last edit:: 2013-11-21 20:17:12

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Venus casina Linnaeus, 1758

Venus casina is characterised by concentric ridges on the outer surface of the shell, which is dirty white to beige, with pink patches.The size is 5,0 cm.Venus casina is widely distributed across the entire shelf. It lives in muddy sand or muddy gravels at a depth of 200 m.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) >Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) > Venus (Genus)

External links

Homepage von Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Naturalhistory.museumwales (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Venus casina © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland,Bild aus der Adria

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