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Diminovula margarita Margarita Egg Cowrie

Diminovula margarita wird umgangssprachlich oft als Margarita Eischnecke bezeichnet.

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Diminovula margarita,Romblon Philippines,Margarita Egg Cowrie 5mm,2018


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lexID:
11014 
AphiaID:
430614 
Scientific:
Diminovula margarita 
German:
Margarita Eischnecke 
English:
Margarita Egg Cowrie 
Category:
Snäckor med skal 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Diminovula (Genus) > margarita (Species) 
Initial determination:
(G. B. Sowerby I, ), 1828 
Occurrence:
Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Western Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
5 - 30 Meter 
Habitats:
On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.39" - 0.39" (1cm - 1,5cm) 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Parasitic 
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:
  • Diminovula alabaster
  • Diminovula aurantiomacula
  • Diminovula culmen
    Eischnecke
  • Diminovula fainzilberi
  • Diminovula mozambiquensis
  • Diminovula punctata
  • Diminovula rosadoi
  • Diminovula sandrae
  • Diminovula whitworthi
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-06-21 19:40:17 

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Diminovula margarita (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828)

Diminovula margarita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.

Found on coral and rocky reefs on the host coral Dendronephthya. They feed on soft corals and gorgonians.

Length - 1.5cm
Depth - 5-30m
Widespread West Pacific

Synonymised names:
Globovula margarita G. B. Sowerby I, 1828 · unaccepted
Margovula changi Ma, 1997 · unaccepted
Ovulum margarita G. B. Sowerby I, 1828 · unaccepted

External links

  1. Atlas of Living Australia (en). Abgerufen am 21.06.2024.

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Diminovula margarita,Romblon Philippines,Margarita Egg Cowrie 5mm,2018
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Allied Cowrie (Diminovula margarita), 2015
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Foto: Eilat, Israel, Rotes Meer (2019)
Eischnecke, Diminovula margarita

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