Angaria delphinus Common Delphinula, Dolphin Shell

Angaria delphinus is commonly referred to as Common Delphinula, Dolphin Shell. 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 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

999 

AphiaID:

367639 

Scientific:

Angaria delphinus 

German:

Delfinschnecke 

English:

Common Delphinula, Dolphin Shell 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Angariidae (Family) > Angaria (Genus) > delphinus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Madagascar, New Zealand, Philippines 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

2.36" - 3.15" (6cm - 8cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

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:

• Angaria aculeata
• Angaria carmencita
• 
  Angaria delphinus
  Delfinschnecke
• Angaria formosa
• Angaria fratrummonsecourorum
• Angaria javanica
• Angaria lilianae
• Angaria melanacantha
• Angaria monsecourorum
• Angaria nasui
• Angaria neglecta
• Angaria neocaledonica
• Angaria nhatrangensis
• Angaria nodosa
• Angaria poppei
• Angaria rubrovaria
• Angaria rugosa
• Angaria scalospinosa
• 
  Angaria sphaerula
  Kieners Delphinschnecke
• Angaria turpini
• Angaria tyria
• Angaria vicdani
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Angaria exasperata
  Knotige Delphinschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-25 22:02:29 

Last edit:

2020-03-23 20:49:49 

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