Cronia aurantiaca Golden rock shell

Cronia aurantiaca is commonly referred to as Golden rock shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

11790 

AphiaID:

744729 

Scientific:

Cronia aurantiaca 

German:

Gehäuseschnecke, Stachelschnecke 

English:

Golden Rock Shell 

Category:

Snegler 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricidae (Family) > Cronia (Genus) > aurantiaca (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Hombron & Jacquinot, ), 1848 

Occurrence:

Arafura Sea, Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), New South Wales (Australia), Northern Territory (Australia), Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia), Vanuatu, Western Australia 

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:

1 - 10 Meter 

Size:

0.79" - 1.57" (2,5cm - 4cm) 

Temperature:

~ 26-28°C 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Predatory, Sea squirts, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Cronia amygdala
• 
  Cronia aurantiaca
  Gehäuseschnecke, Stachelschnecke
• Cronia avellana
• Cronia avenacea
• Cronia tosana

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-11-18 10:17:32 

Last edit:

2018-11-18 17:01:12 

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