Pellasimnia brunneiterma Brown-tipped Spindle Cowrie

Pellasimnia brunneiterma is commonly referred to as Brown-tipped Spindle Cowrie. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

13140 

AphiaID:

431159 

Scientific:

Pellasimnia brunneiterma 

German:

Spindelkaurie 

English:

Brown-tipped Spindle Cowrie 

Category:

Snegler 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Pellasimnia (Genus) > brunneiterma (Species) 

Initial determination:

(C. N. Cate, ), 1969 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Réunion , Sulu Sea , Timor Sea 

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:

20 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.39" - 1.18" (1,0cm - 3,7cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Food specialist 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Pellasimnia angasi
• 
  Pellasimnia annabelae
  Annabels Spindelkaurie
• Pellasimnia cleaveri
• Pellasimnia hochmuthi

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pellasimnia brunneiterma
  Spindelkaurie
• 
  Pellasimnia improcera
  Sindelkaurie

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-07-09 13:13:20 

Last edit:

2025-06-01 16:42:22 

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