Columbella adansoni Dove Snail

Columbella adansoni 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. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

17080 

AphiaID:

139195 

Scientific:

Columbella adansoni 

German:

Täubchenschnecke 

English:

Dove Snail 

Category:

Escargots de mer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Columbellidae (Family) > Columbella (Genus) > adansoni (Species) 

Initial determination:

Menke, 1853 

Occurrence:

Azores, European Coasts, Macaronesia (Macaronesian Islands), Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, Senegal, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, West 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:

- 2 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.79" - 0.79" (2,0cm - 2,5cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

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:

• 
  Columbella adansoni
  Täubchenschnecke
• Columbella aureomexicana
• Columbella castanea
• Columbella costa
• Columbella dysoni
• Columbella fuscata
• Columbella haemastoma
• Columbella labiosa
• Columbella major
• Columbella marrae
• 
  Columbella mercatoria
  Gemeine Täubchenschnecke, Westindische Täubchenschnecke, Gemeine Karibik-Täubchenschnecke
• Columbella paytensis
• 
  Columbella rustica
  Schlichte Täubchenschnecke
• Columbella rusticoides
• Columbella socorroensis
• Columbella sonsonatensis
• Columbella strombiformis
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-12-20 14:17:00 

Last edit:

2024-12-20 14:27:51 

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