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Dicathais orbita Orb-White Rock Shell, Cartwheel Purple, White Rock Shell, Cart-Rut Shell

Dicathais orbitais commonly referred to as Orb-White Rock Shell, Cartwheel Purple, White Rock Shell, Cart-Rut Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Dicathais orbita,Región de Auckland, Nueva Zelanda 2023


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:
11531 
AphiaID:
396664 
Scientific:
Dicathais orbita 
German:
Purpur-Wagenrad 
English:
Orb-White Rock Shell, Cartwheel Purple, White Rock Shell, Cart-Rut Shell 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricidae (Family) > Dicathais (Genus) > orbita (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gmelin, ), 1791 
Occurrence:
Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Endemic species, Indo Pacific, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, Norfolk Island, South Australia, Tasmania (Australia), the Kermadec Islands, Western Australia 
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 - 30 Meter 
Habitats:
Coastal waters, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
1.18" - 4.72" (3,5cm - 12cm) 
Temperature:
14,1 °F - 22,3 °F (14,1°C - 22,3°C) 
Food:
cannibalism (preys on conspecifics), Carnivore, Carrion, Clams, Predatory, Snails 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-02-19 18:15:02 

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Dicathais orbita (Gmelin, 1791)

Predator, cannibal and scavenger. Eats bivalves and other molluscs.

Synonymised names
Buccinum orbita Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
Dicathais aegrota (Reeve, 1846)
Dicathais scalaris (Menke, 1829)
Dicathais textilosa (Lamarck, 1816)
Dicathais vector Thornley, 1952 (synonym)
Haustrum ventricosum Kaicher, 1980 (synonym)
Neothais scalaris (Menke, 1829)
Polytropa succincta (Lamarck, 1816)
Purpura aegrota Reeve, 1846 (synonym)
Purpura scalaris Menke, 1829 (synonym)
Purpura succincta Lamarck, 1816 (synonym)
Purpura textilosa Lamarck, 1816 (synonym)
Thais orbita (Gmelin, 1791)
Thais textilosa (Lamarck, 1816)

Scientific paper

  1. Natural Product Research in the Australian Marine Invertebrate Dicathais orbita, Benkendorff, Kirsten, 2013
  2. Application of anaesthetics for sex identification and bioactive compound recovery from wild Dicathais orbita, Warwick J. Noble; Rebecca R. Cocks; James O. Harris; Kirsten Benkendorff, 2009
  3. The impact of diet on the growth and proximate composition of juvenile whelks, Dicathais orbita (Gastropoda: Mollusca), Skye Heather Woodcock; Kirsten Benkendorff, 2008
  4. Sex-Specific Tyrian Purple Genesis: Precursor and Pigment Distribution in the Reproductive System of the Marine Mollusc,Dicathais orbita, Chantel Westley; Kirsten Benkendorff, 2008
  5. Tyrian Purple Precursors in the Egg Masses of the Australian Muricid, Dicathais orbita: A Possible Defensive Role, Kirsten Benkendorff; John B. Bremner; Andrew R. Davis, 2000
  6. Isolation of choline and choline ester salts of tyrindoxyl sulphate from the marine molluscs Dicathais orbita and MancinellaKeineri, J.T. Baker; C.C. Duke, 1976
  7. Pigments of marine animals: VIII. Precursors of 6,6′-dibromoindigotin (tyrian purple) from the mollusc dicathais orbita gmelin, J.T. Baker; M.D. Sutherland, 1968
  8. Pigments of Marine animals VIII Precursors of 66 tp-dibromoindigotin (Tyrian purple) from the molluse Dicathais orbita Gmelin, J.T. Baker; M.D. Sutherland, 1968

External links

  1. Australian Museum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. youtube (en). Abgerufen am 22.04.2024.

Pictures

Spawn

Dicathais orbita,Región de Auckland, Nueva Zelanda 2023
Dicathais orbita eggs.In crevices under Wairangi Wharf, Home Bay, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland. 2021
Dicathais orbita.Dez. 5, 2020

Commonly

Dicathais orbita, 61mm,Newport, New South Wales, Australia 2021
Dicathais orbita,Región de Auckland, Nueva Zelanda 2023
Dicathais orbita,On rocks at Maori Bay, Muriwai,2020
Dicathais orbita feeding,Eating a Cellana radians, 2018
Dicathais orbita,On a rock at low tide in the Waipu Pancake Rocks,2020
Dicathais orbita,Alive at 3m depth, Matheson's Bay, Leigh, 2020
Dicathais orbita eating Xenostrobus neozelanicus,Muriwai,2018

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