Architectonica maculata Ornate Sundial, Pictorial Sundial

Architectonica maculata is commonly referred to as Ornate Sundial, Pictorial Sundial. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

16742 

AphiaID:

585875 

Scientific:

Architectonica maculata 

German:

Befleckte Sonnenuhrschnecke 

English:

Ornate Sundial, Pictorial Sundial 

Category:

Escargots de mer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Architectonicidae (Family) > Architectonica (Genus) > maculata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Link, ), 1807 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indonesia, Java, Mozambique, Philippines, Red Sea, South-Africa 

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:

10 - 120 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1.18" - 1.97" (3,0cm - 5,5cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Cnidaria, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Sea anemones 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Architectonica arcana
• Architectonica consobrina
• Architectonica grandiosa
• Architectonica gualtierii
• Architectonica karsteni
• Architectonica laevigata
• 
  Architectonica maculata
  Befleckte Sonnenuhrschnecke
• 
  Architectonica maxima
  Riesen-Sonnenuhr
• Architectonica modesta
• Architectonica nobilis
• Architectonica perdix
• 
  Architectonica perspectiva
  Sonnenuhrschnecke, Perspektivschnecke
• Architectonica proestleri
• Architectonica purpurata
• Architectonica stellata
• Architectonica taylori
• Architectonica trochlearis
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-09-09 19:02:58 

Last edit:

2024-09-09 19:13:05 

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