Macrocypraea cervinetta

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lexID:

4100 

Scientific:

Macrocypraea cervinetta 

German:

Kauri-Schnecke 

English:

Deer Cowry 

Category:

Escargots de mer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Macrocypraea (Genus) > cervinetta (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Kiener, 1843) 

Occurrence:

Caraïbes, golfe de Californie, Pacifique Est, USA 

Size:

6 cm - 12 cm 

Temperature:

°C - 25°C 

Food:

algues 

Tank:

~ 50 Liter 

Difficulty:

moyen 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Macrocypraea cervinetta
  Kauri-Schnecke
• 
  Macrocypraea cervus
  Kauri-Schnecke
• 
  Macrocypraea zebra
  Kaurieschnecke - Porzellanschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-02-07 08:41:31 

Last edit:

2012-02-07 08:41:31 

Husbandry

The shells reaches about 40–110 millimetres (1.6–4.3 in) of length, with a width of about 15–50 millimetres (0.59–2.0 in). The shape of this cowry is elongated, its basic colour is light brown, with small whitish ocellated spots on the dorsum and dark brown apertural teeth. The dorsum shows also a few trasversal clearer bands and a longitudinal line.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Subfamily: Cypraeinae
Genus: Macrocypraea
Species: M. cervinetta
Binomial name
Macrocypraea cervinetta
Kiener, 1843

Synonyms
Cypraea cervinetta Kiener, 1843

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