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Burnupena lagenaria Large ridged burnupena

Burnupena lagenaria wird umgangssprachlich als Wellhornschnecke bezeichnet.

Profilbild Urheber Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Burnupena lagenaria (Large ridged burnupena)


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lexID:
11484 
AphiaID:
225654 
Scientific:
Burnupena lagenaria 
German:
Wellhornschnecke 
English:
Large Ridged Burnupena 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinidae (Family) > Burnupena (Genus) > lagenaria (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lamarck, ), 1822 
Occurrence:
Indian Ocean, Mozambique, South-Africa 
Sea depth:
1 - 30 Meter 
Size:
1.18" - 1.57" (3,0cm - 4,0cm) 
Food:
Carrion, Predatory, Snails 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2018-03-28 19:59:16 

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Burnupena lagenaria (Lamarck, 1822)

Burnupena lagenaria belonging the family Buccinidae, the whelks or true whelks.

The robust shell is dull brown in colour,often tinged green by algae.Burnupena cincta is a scavenger. The Large ridged burnupena live intertidal on rocks.

Synonymised names:
Burnupena papyracea lagenaria (Lamarck, 1822)
Purpura cucurbita Duclos, 1832
Purpura lagenaria Lamarck, 1822 (original combination)

External links

  1. Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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