Emarginula octaviana

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Scientific:: Emarginula octaviana
German:: Ausschnittschnecke, Schlüssellochschnecke
English:: Slit limpet, keyhole limpet

Category:: Snegler
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Lepetellida (Order) > Fissurellidae (Family) > Emarginula (Genus) > octaviana (Species)
Initial determination:: Coen, 1939

Occurrence:: Adria, Azorene, Europakysten, Middelhavet, Nordatlanteren
Size:: 0.7 cm - 1.5 cm
Temperature:: 10°C - 25°C
Food:: Alger
Tank:: ~ 50 Liter
Difficulty:: Lett

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Emarginula adamsiana
Emarginula adriatica
Emarginula agulhasensis
Emarginula alba
Emarginula amyda
Emarginula angusta
Emarginula apolonia
Emarginula bicancellata
Emarginula bonfittoi
Emarginula camilla
Emarginula candida
Emarginula choristes
Emarginula christiaensi
Emarginula clypeus
Emarginula compta
Emarginula concinna
Emarginula connectens
Emarginula connelli
Emarginula convexa
Emarginula costulata
Emarginula crassa
Emarginula crassicostata
Emarginula curvamen
Emarginula curvata
Emarginula decorata
Emarginula devota
Emarginula dictya
Emarginula dilecta
Emarginula divae
Emarginula dubia
Emarginula fissura
Emarginula foveolata
Emarginula fragilis
Emarginula fuliginea
Emarginula gabensis
Emarginula gigantea
Emarginula hataii
Emarginula hawaiiensis
Emarginula hosoyai
Emarginula huzardii
Schlüssellochschnecke
Emarginula icosisculpta
Emarginula imaizumi
Emarginula japonica
Emarginula kashimaensis
Emarginula koon
Emarginula longifissa
Emarginula macclurgi
Emarginula maculata
Emarginula micans
Emarginula multistriata
Emarginula natalensis
Emarginula nigromaculata
Emarginula nordica
Emarginula obovata
Emarginula octaviana
Ausschnittschnecke, Schlüssellochschnecke
Emarginula oppressa
Emarginula paivana
Emarginula patula
Emarginula paucipunctata
Emarginula phrixodes
Emarginula phrygium
Emarginula puncticulata
Emarginula punctulum
Emarginula pustula
Emarginula regia
Emarginula rosea
Emarginula scabriuscula
Emarginula sicula
Emarginula sinica
Emarginula solidula
Emarginula souverbiana
Emarginula striatula
Emarginula subtilitexta
Emarginula superba
Emarginula suspira
Emarginula tenera
Emarginula teramachii
Emarginula textilis
Emarginula thorektes
Emarginula tosaensis
Emarginula tuberculosa
Emarginula undulata
Emarginula velascoensis
Emarginula velascoi
Emarginula viridicana
Emarginula xishaensis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-11-18 19:45:32
Last edit:: 2013-11-18 19:45:32

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Emarginula octaviana Coen, 1939

Emarginula octaviana is a sea slug belongs to the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. These limpets have a circular opening at the apical end of the shell, which serves both as an excurrent and anal opening.

The size of the white shell Emarginula octaviana varies between 7 mm and 15 mm. This Slit limpet feeds on algae.

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