Sericominolia vernicosa Top Shell

Sericominolia vernicosa is commonly referred to as Top Shell. 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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lexID:

13406 

AphiaID:

547294 

Scientific:

Sericominolia vernicosa 

German:

Kreiselschnecke 

English:

Top Shell 

Category:

Escargots de mer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Trochidae (Family) > Sericominolia (Genus) > vernicosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gould, ), 1861 

Occurrence:

China, Christmas Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Fiji, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Japan, Marschall Islands, North Pacific (Ocean), Philippines, South-Pazific, Tasmania (Australia), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, Timor Sea, Vanuatu 

Sea depth:

- 6 Meter 

Size:

0" - 0.39" (0,45cm - 1,2cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Detritus 

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:

• 
  Sericominolia vernicosa
  Kreiselschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-12-04 20:57:52 

Last edit:

2020-12-04 21:03:53 

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