Tritonia flemingi Fleming's Tritonia

Tritonia flemingi is commonly referred to as Fleming's Tritonia. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Tritonia flemingi,Región de Wellington, Nueva Zelanda 2025

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lexID:: 17956
AphiaID:: 599240

Scientific:: Tritonia flemingi
German:: Flemings Tritonia, Baumschnecke
English:: Fleming's Tritonia

Category:: Nakensnäckor

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Tritoniidae (Family) > Tritonia (Genus) > flemingi (Species)
Initial determination:: (A. W. B. Powell, ), 1937

Occurrence:: Endemic species, New Zealand
Marine Zone:: Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters
Sea depth:: 1 - 12 Meter
Habitats:: Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0" - 0.39" (0,5cm - 1,5cm)
Temperature:: °F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Tritonia atrorubens
Tritonia australis
Tritonia bakeri
Tritonia bayeri
Tritonia bollandi
Bollands-Tritonia, Bäumchenschnecke
Tritonia cedarmontana
Tritonia challengeriana
Tritonia chrysantha
Tritonia cooperi
Tritonia coralliumrubri
Tritonia crocata
Tritonia dantarti
Tritonia delpierrei
Tritonia deusta
Tritonia disticha
Tritonia drakensbergensis
Tritonia dubia
Tritonia episcopalis
Tritonia festiva
Diamant-Rücken Tritonia, Festliche Tritonia
Tritonia flabellifolia
Tritonia flemingi
Flemings Tritonia, Baumschnecke
Tritonia florentiae
Tritonia gladiolaris
Tritonia griegi
Griegs-Tritonia, Bäumchenschnecke
Tritonia hamnerorum
Tritonia hombergii
Hombergs Tritonia, Große Tritonia
Tritonia incerta
Tritonia indecora
Tritonia ingolfiana
Tritonia kamisbergensis
Tritonia karooica
Tritonia khaleesi
Tritonia lancea
Tritonia laxifolia
Tritonia linearifolia
Tritonia lineata
Tritonia manicata
Tritonia marlothii
Tritonia moggii
Tritonia myrakeenae
Tritonia nelsonii
Tritonia newfoundlandica
Tritonia nigromaculata
Tritonia nilsodhneri
Tritonia odhneri
Odhners Tritonia, Bäumchenschnecke
Tritonia olivacea
Tritonia pallida
Tritonia parvula
Tritonia pickensi
Tritonia plebeia
Tritonia poirieri
Tritonia securigera
Tritonia squalida
Tritonia striata
Tritonia taliartensis
Tritonia tetraquetra
Orange Rüschen Tritonia
Tritonia tugwelliae
Tritonia undulata
Tritonia vorax
Tritonia wellsi

More related species in this lexicon:

Tritonia exsulans
Pinkfarbene Tritonia

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2025-12-08 12:54:27
Last edit:: 2025-12-08 13:02:17

Info

Tritonia flemingi (A. W. B. Powell, 1937)

Described from New Zealand and endemic to New Zealand.

Synonymised names
Sphaerostoma flemingi A. W. B. Powell, 1937 · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (en). Abgerufen am 08.12.2025.
New Zwaland Mollusca (en). Abgerufen am 08.12.2025.
seaslugforum (en). Abgerufen am 08.12.2025.
Skip's Underwater Image Gallery (en). Abgerufen am 08.12.2025.

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