Prosimnia semperi Egg Shell

Prosimnia semperi is commonly referred to as Egg Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12333 

AphiaID:

430631 

Scientific:

Prosimnia semperi 

German:

Eischnecke 

English:

Egg Shell 

Category:

Escargots de mer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Prosimnia (Genus) > semperi (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Weinkauff, ), 1881 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indo Pacific, Lembeh Strait, Philippines, Sulawesi 

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:

- 30 Meter 

Habitats:

On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 0.39" (0,5cm - 1,5cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory 

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:

• Prosimnia hepcae
• Prosimnia piriei
• 
  Prosimnia semperi
  Eischnecke

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Prosimnia draconis
  Drachen Eischnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-08-20 19:13:57 

Last edit:

2025-03-18 19:55:25 

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