Lyncina vitellus Calf Cowry, Milk-spotted Cowry

Lyncina vitellusis commonly referred to as Calf Cowry, Milk-spotted Cowry. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7635 

AphiaID:

530884 

Scientific:

Lyncina vitellus 

German:

Weiß-Gepunktete Kauri 

English:

Calf Cowry, Milk-spotted Cowry 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Lyncina (Genus) > vitellus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Clipperton Island, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Midway Islands, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Raja Amat, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Australia, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Kermadec Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna 

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 - 25 Meter 

Size:

2.76" - 3.94" (7cm - 10cm) 

Temperature:

74.3 °F - 84.74 °F (23.5°C - 29.3°C) 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Lyncina aliceae
• Lyncina aurantium
• Lyncina broderipii
• Lyncina camelopardalis
• 
  Lyncina carneola
  Kaurischnecke
• Lyncina joycae
• Lyncina kuroharai
• Lyncina leucodon
• Lyncina leviathan
• 
  Lyncina lynx
  Luchs-Kaurischnecke
• Lyncina nivosa
• Lyncina porteri
• Lyncina schilderorum
• Lyncina sulcidentata
• Lyncina ventriculus
• 
  Lyncina vitellus
  Weiß-Gepunktete Kauri
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-10-18 07:21:14 

Last edit:

2022-02-02 17:27:31 

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