Gloripallium pallium Royal Cloak Scallop

Gloripallium pallium is commonly referred to as Royal Cloak Scallop. 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 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3600 

AphiaID:

215389 

Scientific:

Gloripallium pallium 

German:

Pilgermuschel 

English:

Royal Cloak Scallop 

Category:

Bivalves 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pectinida (Order) > Pectinidae (Family) > Gloripallium (Genus) > pallium (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Fiji, French Polynesia, Gambier Islands, Guam, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Réunion , Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Taiwan, the Society Islands, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna 

Sea depth:

0 - 100 Meter 

Size:

2.76" - 3.54" (7cm - 9cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Dustfood , Plankton 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

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:

• Gloripallium maculosum
• 
  Gloripallium pallium
  Pilgermuschel
• Gloripallium speciosum
• Gloripallium spiniferum

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-03-31 11:08:16 

Last edit:

2020-11-09 21:59:30 

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