Lambis truncata Giant spider conch

Lambis truncata is commonly referred to as Giant spider conch. 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 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3468 

AphiaID:

211091 

Scientific:

Lambis truncata 

German:

Große Flügelschnecke 

English:

Giant Spider Conch 

Category:

Escargots de mer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Strombidae (Family) > Lambis (Genus) > truncata (Species) 

Initial determination:

([Lightfoot], ), 1786 

Occurrence:

Sudan, American Samoa, Austral Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Trindade and Martim Vaz, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake Atoll, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen, Zanzibar 

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:

0 - 30 Meter 

Size:

11.02" - 16.93" (28cm - 43cm) 

Temperature:

76.64 °F - 84.74 °F (24.8°C - 29.3°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Detritus 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Lambis arachnoides
• 
  Lambis crocata
  Orange Spinnenschnecke, Flügelschnecke
• 
  Lambis lambis
  Flügelschnecke, Kleine Teufelskralle, Gemeine Spinnenschnecke
• Lambis lilikae
• 
  Lambis millepeda
  Tausenfüßler-Schnecke, Flügelschnecke
• Lambis pilsbryi
• Lambis robusta
• 
  Lambis scorpius
  Skorpions-Flügelschnecke
• 
  Lambis truncata
  Große Flügelschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-12-26 08:29:22 

Last edit:

2023-08-03 19:14:25 

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