Austrolittorina unifasciata Banded Periwinkle, Banded Australwinks

Austrolittorina unifasciata is commonly referred to as Banded Periwinkle, Banded Australwinks. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

12782 

AphiaID:

446843 

Scientific:

Austrolittorina unifasciata 

German:

Gebänderte Strandschnecke 

English:

Banded Periwinkle, Banded Australwinks 

Category:

Escargots de mer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Littorinidae (Family) > Austrolittorina (Genus) > unifasciata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gray), 1826 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bass Strait, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Eastern Indian Ocean, Great Australian Bigh, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, Queensland (Australia), South Australia, South China Sea, Tasman Sea, Tasmania (Australia), the Kermadec Islands, Victoria (Australia), Western Australia 

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:

0 - 1 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rock crevices, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1,0cm - 2,5cm) 

Weight:

89 g 

Temperature:

°F - 64.4 °F (°C - 18°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Barnacles, Clams, Lichen , omnivore 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Austrolittorina antipodum
  Gebänderte Strandschnecke
• Austrolittorina araucana
• Austrolittorina cincta
• Austrolittorina fernandezensis
• 
  Austrolittorina unifasciata
  Gebänderte Strandschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-02-14 14:33:23 

Last edit:

2024-10-04 10:07:20 

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