Astralium calcar Spurred Turban, Star Shell

Astralium calcar is commonly referred to as Spurred Turban, Star Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: 2 - Enkel. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

2492 

AphiaID:

413386 

Scientific:

Astralium calcar 

German:

Sternschnecke 

English:

Spurred Turban, Star Shell 

Category:

Snäckor med skal 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Turbinidae (Family) > Astralium (Genus) > calcar (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Philippines, Western Pacific Ocean 

Size:

0.79" - 1.97" (2cm - 5cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore) 

Tank:

33 gal (~ 150L)  

Difficulty:

2 - Enkel 

Offspring:

None 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Astralium asteriscum
• 
  Astralium calcar
  Sternschnecke
• Astralium confragosum
• Astralium danieli
• Astralium haematragum
• Astralium heimburgi
• Astralium lapillus
• Astralium latispina
• Astralium milloni
• Astralium nakamineae
• Astralium okamotoi
• Astralium pileolum
• Astralium provisorium
• 
  Astralium rhodostomum
  Rotmund-Sternschnecke
• Astralium rotularium
• Astralium saturnum
• Astralium semicostatum
• Astralium stellare
• Astralium tentoriiforme
• Astralium tentorium
• Astralium wallisi
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Astralium asteriscus
  Sternschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2008-05-10 10:25:29 

Last edit:

2008-05-10 10:25:29 

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