Vitta virginea Virgin Nerite

Neritina virginea wird umgangssprachlich oft als Napfschnecke bezeichnet. Die Haltung gilt als mittelschwer. Es wird ein Aquarium von mindestens 100 Liter empfohlen. Giftigkeit: Die Schnecke ist Nicht giftig.

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Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Scientific:: Vitta virginea
German:: Virginea Napfschnecke
English:: Virgin Nerite

Category:: Escargots de mer

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cycloneritida (Order) > Neritidae (Family) > Vitta (Genus) > virginea (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1758

Occurrence:: Suriname, Bermuda, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, Guatemala, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, Venezuela
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:: Meter
Habitats:: Brackish water, Freshwater, Mangrove Zones, Muddy grounds, Ocean beach, Seashore, Rivers, Rocky, hard seabeds, Stony soils
Size:: 0" - 0.79" (0,6cm - 2,5cm)
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
Difficulty:: très facile
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Vitta consobrina

More related species in this lexicon:

Vitta virginea
Virginea Napfschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2018-01-30 12:58:43
Last edit:: 2024-09-17 09:53:52

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Vitta virginea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vitta virginea can withstand large changes in salinity and therefore may live in freshwaters, in marine and in brackish waters.
They are herbivorous (algae) and diadromous.

Synonymised names
Nerita bahiensis (Récluz, 1850) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nerita cardinalis Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nerita chlorina Link, 1807 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nerita fasciola Récluz, 1850 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nerita listeri L. Pfeiffer, 1840 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Nerita marmorata Link, 1807 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nerita nigrocincta Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nerita phrygia Dillwyn, 1823 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nerita tigris Récluz, 1850 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nerita virginea Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Neritina (Vitta) virginea (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Neritina braziliana G. B. Sowerby II, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neritina cajennensis Rigacci, 1866 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neritina listeri (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neritina matoni Mörch, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neritina minor Metcalf, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neritina trabalis Mörch, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neritina turriculata Menke, 1828 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Neritina virginea var. listeri (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Theodoxus virginea (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination

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