Amauropsis aureolutea Moon snail

Amauropsis aureolutea is commonly referred to as Moon snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

13286 

AphiaID:

197030 

Scientific:

Amauropsis aureolutea 

German:

Mondschnecke 

English:

Moon Snail 

Category:

Snegler 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Naticidae (Family) > Amauropsis (Genus) > aureolutea (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Strebel, ), 1908 

Occurrence:

Antarctica, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Orkney Islands, South Shetlands Island  

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:

24 - 662 Meter 

Habitats:

Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.79" - 0.79" (2,0cm - 2,9cm) 

Temperature:

-1,2 °F - 1,6 °F (-1,2°C - 1,6°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Predatory, Snails 

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:

• Amauropsis anderssoni
• Amauropsis apora
• 
  Amauropsis aureolutea
  Mondschnecke
• Amauropsis bransfieldensis
• Amauropsis brassiculina
• Amauropsis georgiana
• Amauropsis islandica
• Amauropsis powelli
• Amauropsis prasina
• 
  Amauropsis rossiana
  Mondschnecke, Nabelschnecke
• Amauropsis sphaeroides
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-10-01 13:28:51 

Last edit:

2024-04-10 19:16:14 

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