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Prunum apicinum Common Atlantic Marginella

Prunum apicinumis commonly referred to as Common Atlantic Marginella. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
12212 
AphiaID:
420149 
Scientific:
Prunum apicinum 
German:
Gewöhnliche Atlantik-Marginella 
English:
Common Atlantic Marginella 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Marginellidae (Family) > Prunum (Genus) > apicinum (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Menke, ), 1828 
Occurrence:
Aruba, Belize, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, USA 
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 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Sandy sea floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0" - 0.39" (0,6cm - 1,4cm) 
Temperature:
22,6 °F - 28,1 °F (22,6°C - 28,1°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory, Zoobenthos 
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:
  • Prunum abyssorum
  • Prunum albertoangelai
  • Prunum albertoi
  • Prunum aletes
  • Prunum amabile
  • Prunum amphorale
  • Prunum amygdalum
  • Prunum annulatum
  • Prunum antillanum
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-01-28 19:55:57 

Info

Prunum apicinum (Menke, 1828)

Prunum apicinum are found on submerged tidal flats and in shallow seagrass beds.

Synonymised names:
Marginella apicina Menke, 1828 (original combination)
Marginella caribaea d'Orbigny, 1842
Marginella carybaea Weinkauff, 1879
Marginella conoidalis Kiener, 1841
Marginella flavida Redfield, 1846
Marginella livida Hinds, 1844
Marginella virginea Jousseaume, 1875

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 28.01.2024.

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Common Atlantic Marginella, Prunum apicinum mating, 2019
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