Cenchritis muricatus

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lexID:: 6062
AphiaID:: 419557

Scientific:: Cenchritis muricatus
German:: Gebördelte Strandschnecke oder Perlen-Strandschnecke
English:: Beaded Periwinkle

Category:: Snegler
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Littorinidae (Family) > Cenchritis (Genus) > muricatus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1758

Occurrence:: Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Cuba, Panama, Karibien, Mexico (Øst Pacific), Mexicogulfen
Size:: 1.3 cm - 3 cm
Temperature:: 23°C - 27°C
Food:: Alger
Tank:: ~ 50 Liter
Difficulty:: Lett

CITES:: Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Cenchritis muricatus
Gebördelte Strandschnecke oder Perlen-Strandschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-09-16 09:13:19
Last edit:: 2013-09-16 09:13:19

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Cenchritis muricatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Beaded periwinkle lives in the intertidal zone, and in the splash water zone of rocky shores.

unaccepted name by WoRMS :Tectarius muricatus

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