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Hespererato vitellina Appleseed Erato

Hespererato vitellina is commonly referred to as Appleseed Erato. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Hespererato vitellina, Appleseed Erato, with Mantle Lobes Covering Most of Shell. Cayucos, CA 2016


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lexID:
10231 
AphiaID:
580679 
Scientific:
Hespererato vitellina 
German:
Apfelkern-Erato 
English:
Appleseed Erato 
Category:
Snegler 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Eratoidae (Family) > Hespererato (Genus) > vitellina (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Hinds, ), 1844 
Occurrence:
Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), USA 
Sea depth:
10 - 12 Meter 
Size:
0" - 0.39" (0,6cm - 1,6cm) 
Food:
Carnivore, Sea squirts 
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
:
  • Hespererato columbella
  • Hespererato galapagensis
  • Hespererato martinicensis
  • Hespererato maugeriae
  • Hespererato nanhaiensis
  • Hespererato rehderi
  • Hespererato rubra
  • Hespererato scabriuscula
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-06-09 20:05:39 

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Hespererato vitellina (Hinds, 1844)

Hespererato is a marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias. Trivas feeds exclusively on ascidians.

Synonymised names
Erato albescens Dall, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Erato vitellina Hinds, 1844 · unaccepted (original combination)


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