Alia unifasciata Dove Snail

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

Leslie Harris, USA

Alia unifasciata, Ilo, Peru 2022

Observations made by the Biodiversity Ilo team from the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) & the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles (NHMLA). Photos by Jessica Whelpley (FLMNH), Brittany Cummings (FLMNH), Leslie Harris (NHMLA), CC-BY-NC-SA, credit to Biodiversity-Ilo.
Courtesy of the author Leslie Harris, USA Leslie Harris, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:: 15747
AphiaID:: 511707

Scientific:: Alia unifasciata
German:: Täubchen-Schnecke
English:: Dove Snail

Category:: Escargots de mer

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Columbellidae (Family) > Alia (Genus) > unifasciata (Species)
Initial determination:: (G. B. Sowerby I, ), 1832

Occurrence:: Brazil, Chile, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Peru, South Atlantic, South-Pazific
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:: Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0" - 0.39" (0,45cm - 1,2cm)
Temperature:: °F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C)
Food:: Schneckenlaich, Carnivore, Carrion, No reliable information available, Predatory
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:

Alia aurantiaca
Alia callimorpha
Alia carinata
Kiel-Täubchenschnecke
Alia gausapata
Alia gouldi
Alia permodesta
Alia unifasciata
Täubchen-Schnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2023-05-13 20:03:36
Last edit:: 2024-04-10 10:37:50

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Alia unifasciata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)

The dove shell, is a species of very small sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Synonymised names:
Astyris caletae Preston, 1915 · unaccepted
Columbella castanea Gould, 1850 · unaccepted (invalid: junior primary homonym...)
Columbella ebenum R. A. Philippi, 1868 · unaccepted
Columbella sordida d'Orbigny, 1841 · unaccepted
Columbella unifasciata G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 · unaccepted (original combination)
Columbella unizonalis Gray, 1839 · unaccepted
Mitrella unifasciata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) · unaccepted

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sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 13.05.2023.

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