Chaetopleura angulata Chiton

Chaetopleura angulatais commonly referred to as Chiton. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Chaetopleura angulata, 2014

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lexID:: 10493
AphiaID:: 848025

Scientific:: Chaetopleura angulata
German:: Käferschnecke
English:: Chiton

Category:: Chitons

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Chitonida (Order) > Chaetopleuridae (Family) > Chaetopleura (Genus) > angulata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Spengler, ), 1797

Occurrence:: Brazil, European Coasts, Portugal, South America, Spain, Uruguay
Size:: 0.79" - 1.97" (2,3cm - 5,3cm)
Temperature:: 4,0 °F - 71.6 °F (4,0°C - 22°C)
Food:: Barnacles, Foraminifers, No reliable information available
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Chaetopleura angolensis
Chaetopleura angulata
Käferschnecke
Chaetopleura apiculata
Chaetopleura asperior
Chaetopleura asperrima
Chaetopleura benaventei
Chaetopleura benguelensis
Chaetopleura biarmata
Chaetopleura brucei
Chaetopleura debruini
Chaetopleura fernandensis
Chaetopleura gambiensis
Chaetopleura gemma
Gemmen-Käferschnecke
Chaetopleura hanselmani
Chaetopleura hennahi
Chaetopleura isabellei
Chaetopleura lanuginosa
Chaetopleura lurida
Chaetopleura papilio
Chaetopleura pertusa
Chaetopleura peruviana
Chaetopleura pomarium
Chaetopleura pustulata
Chaetopleura roddai
Chaetopleura shyana
Chaetopleura sowerbiana
Chaetopleura spinulosa
Chaetopleura staphylophera
Chaetopleura unilineata

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-03-02 12:43:38
Last edit:: 2017-03-02 13:47:34

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Chaetopleura angulata (Spengler, 1797)

Chaetopleura angulata can be found in two Atlantic areas: from Brazil to Cape Horn in South America and on the Atlantic European coasts of Spain and Portugal. Widely spread opinion about the European invasion is the intense commercial trade by Spanish and Portuguese ships.

Its most typical habitat are bottoms of muddy shelly-gravel or sandy mud.Chaetopleura angulata appears to feed on Balanus spp. and Foraminifera.

Synonyms:
Chaetopleura (Chaetopleura) angulata
Chaetopleura armillata
Chaetopleura fulva
Chaetopleura tehuelcha
Chiton angulatus
Chiton ferrugineus
Chiton fulvus
Chiton lividus
Chiton lusitanicus
Chiton tehuelchus
Chiton velatus
Stereochiton felipponei
Typhlochiton felipponei

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Neoloricata (Subclass) > Chitonida (Order) > Chitonina (Suborder) > Chitonoidea (Superfamily) > Chaetopleuridae (Family) > Chaetopleura (Genus) > Chaetopleura angulata (Species)

External links

WMSDB-mollusc species database (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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