Phenacovolva poppei Poppe's Spindle Cowrie

Phenacovolva poppei is commonly referred to as Poppe's Spindle Cowrie. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

10323 

AphiaID:

431232 

Scientific:

Phenacovolva poppei 

German:

Poppes Spindelkauri 

English:

Poppe's Spindle Cowrie 

Category:

Snäckor med skal 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Phenacovolva (Genus) > poppei (Species) 

Initial determination:

Fehse, 2000 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bali, Corea, East Africa, Hawaii, Indonesia, Japan, Mozambique, Philippines, Somalia, South-Africa, Sulawesi, Tansania, the Society Islands, Tulamben 

Sea depth:

- 33 Meter 

Habitats:

On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

2,5 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Phenacovolva aurantia
• Phenacovolva barbieri
• Phenacovolva brevirostris
• Phenacovolva clenchi
• Phenacovolva dancei
• Phenacovolva morrisoni
• 
  Phenacovolva nectarea
  Nektar Spindelkauri, Tokios Volva
• Phenacovolva patriciae
• Phenacovolva philippinarum
• 
  Phenacovolva poppei
  Poppes Spindelkauri
• 
  Phenacovolva pseudogracilis
  Pseudogracilis Spindel-Kauri
• 
  Phenacovolva rehderi
  Rehders Spindelkauri
• 
  Phenacovolva rosea
  Rosarote Spindel Kauri
• Phenacovolva schmidi
• Phenacovolva subreflexa
• Phenacovolva zuidafrikaana
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-01-13 19:13:05 

Last edit:

2025-12-16 13:26:19 

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