Smaragdia rangiana Emerald Nerite , Rang's Neritina

Smaragdia rangiana is commonly referred to as Emerald Nerite , Rang's Neritina. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

8431 

AphiaID:

215198 

Scientific:

Smaragdia rangiana 

German:

Smaragd Nerite, Rangs Smaragdia 

English:

Emerald Nerite , Rang's Neritina 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cycloneritida (Order) > Neritidae (Family) > Smaragdia (Genus) > rangiana (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Récluz, ), 1841 

Occurrence:

Aldabra Group, Australia, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mozambique, New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Western Pacific Ocean 

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:

Algae zones, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.12" - 0.39" (0.3cm - 1cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

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:

• Smaragdia bryanae
• 
  Smaragdia patburkeae
  Pat Burkes Smaragdia
• Smaragdia pulcherrima
• Smaragdia purpureomaculata
• 
  Smaragdia rangiana
  Smaragd Nerite, Rangs Smaragdia
• Smaragdia roseopicta
• 
  Smaragdia souverbiana
  Kahnschnecke
• Smaragdia tragena
• 
  Smaragdia viridis
  Smaragd-Nerite, Kahnschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-05-24 13:28:10 

Last edit:

2025-09-02 17:00:39 

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