Apicalia echinasteri Sea Star Parasitic Snail

Apicalia echinasteri is commonly referred to as Sea Star Parasitic Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

18249 

AphiaID:

565785 

Scientific:

Apicalia echinasteri 

German:

Parasitäre Echinaster Schnecke 

English:

Sea Star Parasitic Snail 

Category:

Snäckor med skal 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Eulimidae (Family) > Apicalia (Genus) > echinasteri (Species) 

Initial determination:

Warén, 1981 

Occurrence:

Australia, Marschall Islands, Queensland (Australia) 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Lagoons, Reef slopes, Rubble floors, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 0.39" (0,5cm - 1,0cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Parasitic 

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:

• Apicalia angulata
• Apicalia brazieri
• 
  Apicalia echinasteri
  Parasitäre Echinaster Schnecke
• Apicalia habei
• Apicalia inflata
• Apicalia ovata
• Apicalia palmipedis
• Apicalia sandvichensis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-04-02 20:06:28 

Last edit:

2026-04-02 20:14:28 

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