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Atys naucum Pacific Nut Sheath Bubble

Atys naucum is commonly referred to as Pacific Nut Sheath Bubble. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Atys naucum, Israel 2020


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lexID:
7153 
AphiaID:
215008 
Scientific:
Atys naucum 
German:
Blasenschnecke 
English:
Pacific Nut Sheath Bubble 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Haminoeidae (Family) > Atys (Genus) > naucum (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Australia, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Madagascar, Philippines, Red Sea, Tansania, Western Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
10 - 26 Meter 
Habitats:
Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 
Size:
1.38" - 1.97" (3.5cm - 5cm) 
Temperature:
77.72 °F - 84.74 °F (25.4°C - 29.3°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Detritus 
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
:
  • Atys angustatus
  • Atys bicolor
  • Atys caribaeus
  • Atys castus
  • Atys chelidon
  • Atys chimera
  • Atys ehrenbergi
  • Atys exaratus
  • Atys guildingi
  • Atys hyalinus
 
More related species
in this lexicon
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-05-25 14:37:07 

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Atys naucum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Snails genus Haminoeidae have a bubble shaped shell.Therefore it is called bubble snails.All Haminoeidae snails are herbivorous.Atys naucum feeds on algae and vegetable detritus.

Synonymised names
Atys cymbulus Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted (unnecessary substitute name for...)
Atys ferruginosa (A. Adams, 1850) · unaccepted
Atys freyi Brancsik, 1891 · unaccepted
Bulla ferruginosa A. Adams, 1850 · unaccepted
Bulla naucum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Haminoea ferruginosa (A. Adams, 1850) · unaccepted
Naucum striatulum Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted (unnecessary substitute name for...)

External links

  1. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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