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Volutella muricata Carribean Vase

Volutella muricata is commonly referred to as Carribean Vase. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Vasum muricatum © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland


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lexID:
6073 
AphiaID:
1736039 
Scientific:
Volutella muricata 
German:
Karibische Vasenschnecke 
English:
Carribean Vase 
Category:
Escargots de mer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Vasidae (Family) > Volutella (Genus) > muricata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Born, ), 1778 
Occurrence:
Belize, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S. 
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 - 20 Meter 
Size:
1.97" - 5.71" (5cm - 14.5cm) 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Worms 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Volutella arundinis
  • Volutella asiana
  • Volutella caricicola
  • Volutella cassiicola
  • Volutella ciliata
  • Volutella cinerescens
  • Volutella citrinella
  • Volutella gilva
  • Volutella jaapii
  • Volutella kamatii
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-05-04 14:44:11 

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Volutella muricata (Born, 1778)

Volutella muricata has a large, thick and heavy shell. It reaches a length of 145 mm. The shell is quite elongated, conical or vase-shaped. There are blunt spines on the shell, the color is off- white with black or dark brown.

This snail lives in shallow water and preys on worms.

Synonymised names
Turbinella pugillaris Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted
Vasum muricatum (Born, 1778) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Vasum urna Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Voluta muricata Born, 1778 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Volutella divergens G. Perry, 1810 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

  1. Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Homepage von Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Vasum muricatum © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland
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Caribbean Vase Shell, Vasum muricatum, Coco View 2022

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