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Haloa musetta Chiton

Haloa musetta is commonly referred to as Chiton. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Haminoea musetta


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lexID:
12633 
AphiaID:
1374252 
Scientific:
Haloa musetta 
German:
Blasenschnecke 
English:
Chiton 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Haminoeidae (Family) > Haloa (Genus) > musetta (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Er. Marcus & J. B. Burch, ), 1965 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, Marschall Islands, Western Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
0,8 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 
Food:
algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Herbivorous, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
  • Haloa binotata
  • Haloa flavescens
  • Haloa margaitoides
  • Haloa ovalis
  • Haloa rotundata
  • Haloa vitrea
  • Haloa yamagutii
 
More related species
in this lexicon
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-12-04 14:23:12 

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Haloa musetta (Krauss, 1848)

Snails genus Haminoeidae lives in warm or temperate seas. They have a bubble shaped shell. Therefore it is called bubble snail. All Haminoeidae snails are herbivorous. Species feed on a various kinds of green algaes.

Synonym:
Haminoea musetta Er. Marcus & J. B. Burch, 1965 (original combination)

External links

  1. UnderwaterKwaj, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 23.06.2022.

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