Latirus polygonus Many-angled Spindle, Many Angled Latirus, Short-tailed Latirus

Latirus polygonus is commonly referred to as Many-angled Spindle, Many Angled Latirus, Short-tailed Latirus. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

18075 

AphiaID:

211131 

Scientific:

Latirus polygonus 

German:

Polygone Spindelschnecke, Vielwinklige Latirus 

English:

Many-angled Spindle, Many Angled Latirus, Short-tailed Latirus 

Category:

Snegler 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Fasciolariidae (Family) > Latirus (Genus) > polygonus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gmelin, ), 1791 

Occurrence:

Aldabra Group, Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Great Barrier Reef, Indian Ocean, Japan, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Tansania, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), Western Pacific Ocean 

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:

0 - 40 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.79" - 3.94" (2,5cm - 10,5cm) 

Temperature:

24,5 °F - 84.2 °F (24,5°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, No reliable information available, Predatory, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos 

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:

• Latirus abnormis
• Latirus alboapicatus
• Latirus amplustre
• Latirus belcheri
• Latirus filmerae
• Latirus gibbulus
• Latirus marrowi
• Latirus meli
• Latirus ornatus
• Latirus philberti
• Latirus philippinensis
• Latirus pictus
• 
  Latirus polygonus
  Polygone Spindelschnecke, Vielwinklige Latirus
• Latirus poppei
• Latirus rhodostoma
• Latirus rousi
• Latirus rugosissimus
• Latirus tigroides
• Latirus vischii
• Latirus williamlyonsi
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Latirus barclayi
  Barclays Spindel
• 
  Latirus maculatus
  Flecken Spindel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-01-21 19:36:53 

Last edit:

2026-01-21 19:51:02 

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