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Cancellaria cooperii Cooper's nutmeg

Cancellaria cooperii is commonly referred to as Cooper's nutmeg. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Cancellaria cooperii, Cooper's nutmeg, 2017


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lexID:
13032 
AphiaID:
464699 
Scientific:
Cancellaria cooperii 
German:
Coopers Muskatnuss 
English:
Cooper's Nutmeg 
Category:
Escargots de mer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Cancellariidae (Family) > Cancellaria (Genus) > cooperii (Species) 
Initial determination:
Gabb, 1865 
Occurrence:
Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Northeast Pacific Ocean, USA 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
1.97" - 4.33" (5,0cm - 11,2cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 64.4 °F (°C - 18°C) 
Food:
Parasitic 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Data deficient (DD) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Cancellaria adelae
  • Cancellaria africana
  • Cancellaria bulbulus
  • Cancellaria candida
  • Cancellaria cassidiformis
  • Cancellaria coltrorum
  • Cancellaria cooperii
    Coopers Muskatnuss
  • Cancellaria corrosa
  • Cancellaria crawfordiana
  • Cancellaria decussata
 
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Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
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Last edit:
2024-12-03 23:32:17 

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Cancellaria cooperii Gabb, 1865

Cancellaria cooperii, common name Cooper's nutmeg, is a species of medium-sized to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.

Cooper's nutmeg is an ectoparasite that parasitizes the Pacific electric ray, Torpedo californica, and perhaps other benthic fishes.

External links

  1. Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Cancellaria cooperii, Cooper's nutmeg, 2017

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