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Lunella smaragda Cats Eye Snail

Lunella smaragdais commonly referred to as Cats Eye Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Cats Eye Snail on oyster reef,Lunella smaragdus on a reef made of dead Magallana gigas shells, Blockhouse Bay.2019


Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
12712 
AphiaID:
413416 
Scientific:
Lunella smaragda 
German:
Katzenauge, Turbanschnecke 
English:
Cats Eye Snail 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Turbinidae (Family) > Lunella (Genus) > smaragda (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gmelin, ), 1791 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, New Zealand 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
1.18" - 2.76" (3,5cm - 7cm) 
Food:
Algae, algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Detritus 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-01-21 22:35:22 

Info

Lunella smaragda (Gmelin, 1791)

This species has a green operculum. Commonly known as the Cats Eye Snail . This species is endemic to New Zealand.

Synonymised names:
Turbo (Lunella) radina Webster, 1905
Turbo (Turbo) smaragdus Gmelin, 1791
Turbo radina Webster, 1905
Turbo smaragdus Gmelin, 1791
Turbo smaragdus var. tricostatus Hutton, 1884
Turbo tricostatus Hutton, 1884

Scientific paper

  1. Larval development in Lunella smaragda (Gastropoda: Turbinidae), Grange, K. R., 1976

External links

  1. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Commonly

Lunella smaragdus, On sand right next to the salt marsh. Whangarei District, Northland, New Zealand 2022
Lunella smaragdus,Nov. 15, 2020
Lunella smaragdus,März 14, 2021
Lunella smaragdus,Feb. 27, 2021
Cats Eye Snail,Lunella smaragda exiting a rock pool, Waipu Cove.2019
Cats Eye Snail on oyster reef,Lunella smaragdus on a reef made of dead Magallana gigas shells, Blockhouse Bay.2019

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