Thylacodes grandis Grand Coral Worm Snail

Thylacodes grandisis commonly referred to as Grand Coral Worm 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.

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lexID:: 10311
AphiaID:: 732856

Scientific:: Thylacodes grandis
German:: Große Korallenwurmschnecke
English:: Grand Coral Worm Snail

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Vermetidae (Family) > Thylacodes (Genus) > grandis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Gray, ), 1842

Occurrence:: (the) Maldives, Anilao, Indo Pacific, Lembeh Strait, Mayotte, Philippines, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: - 15 Meter
Size:: 2,5 cm
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Plankton
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:

Thylacodes adamsii
Thylacodes aotearoicus
Wurmschnecke
Thylacodes arenarius
Riesenwurmschnecke
Thylacodes aureus
Thylacodes capensis
Thylacodes colubrinus
Thylacodes constrictor
Thylacodes daidai
Thylacodes decussatus
Thylacodes dentiferus
Thylacodes eruciformis
Thylacodes grandis
Große Korallenwurmschnecke
Thylacodes hadfieldi
Thylacodes inopertus
Thylacodes lamarckii
Thylacodes longifilis
Thylacodes margaritaceus
Thylacodes masier
Thylacodes medusae
Thylacodes megalostomus
Thylacodes natalensis
Thylacodes nodosorugosus
Thylacodes novaehollandiae
Thylacodes oryzatus
Thylacodes peronii
Thylacodes riisei
Thylacodes roussaei
Thylacodes sipho
Thylacodes squamigerus
Schuppige Wurmschnecke
Thylacodes squamolineatus
Thylacodes sutilis
Thylacodes trimeresurus
Thylacodes variabilis
Thylacodes varidus
Thylacodes xenophorus
Thylacodes yokojima
Thylacodes zelandicus

More related species in this lexicon:

Thylacodes sp.01
Wurmschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-01-10 20:15:57
Last edit:: 2022-09-22 19:37:58

Info

Thylacodes grandis (Gray, 1842)

Thylacodes is a genus of sea snails, in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails. Species in this genus have no operculum.The tube diameter is around an inch (25mm).

They are usually cemented with a calcareous tube onto a hard surface. Thylacodes grandis feeds on microorganism.

Synonymised names:
Vermetus grandis Gray, 1842 (original combination)

External links

Homepade Scott & Jeannette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 04.08.2022.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Commonly

Vermetid mollusk - Thylacodes grandis,This Thylacodes grandis is fully retracted in his tube. The tube diameter was around an inch (25mm),Anilao 2016

Worm snail - Thylacodes grandis, 15mm,Kwajalein Atoll,2016

Wurmschnecke, Thylacodes (Serpulorbis) grandis

Thylacodes grandis ,Giant worm snail, Malediven 2016

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