Heliacus variegatus Depressed Sundial, Variegated Sundial, Zoa eating snail

Heliacus variegatusis commonly referred to as Depressed Sundial, Variegated Sundial, Zoa eating snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Heliacus variegatus

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lexID:: 12497
AphiaID:: 214973

Scientific:: Heliacus variegatus
German:: Variable Sonnenuhr, Verschiedenfarbige Sonnenuhrschnecke
English:: Depressed Sundial, Variegated Sundial, Zoa Eating Snail

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Architectonicidae (Family) > Heliacus (Genus) > variegatus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Gmelin, ), 1791

Occurrence:: Bali, Egypt, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Madagascar, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, New Zealand, Red Sea, South-Africa, Tansania
Sea depth:: 14 - 33 Meter
Size:: 0" - 0.79" (0,6cm - 2,5cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Parasitic
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:

Heliacus areola
Krustenanemonen fressende Gehäuseschencke, Sonnenuhr-Schnecke
Heliacus asteleformis
Heliacus bisulcatus
Heliacus caelatus
Heliacus cerdaleus
Heliacus contextus
Heliacus corallinus
Heliacus costatus
Heliacus cylindricus
Heliacus discoideus
Heliacus enoshimensis
Heliacus fallaciosus
Heliacus fenestratus
Heliacus geminus
Heliacus hyperionis
Heliacus implexus
Krustenanemonen Fressende Schnecke, Sonnenuhrschnecke
Heliacus infundibuliformis
Krustenanemonen Fressende Schnecke, Sonnenuhr-Schnecke
Heliacus jeffreysianus
Heliacus madurensis
Heliacus malani
Heliacus mazatlanicus
Heliacus mighelsi
Palythoa fressende Gehäuseschnecke
Heliacus nereidis
Heliacus oceanitis
Heliacus planispira
Heliacus ponderi
Heliacus proteus
Heliacus rotula
Heliacus sterkii
Heliacus stramineus
Heliacus trochoides
Heliacus turritus
Heliacus variegatus
Variable Sonnenuhr, Verschiedenfarbige Sonnenuhrschnecke
Heliacus verdensis
Heliacus virgatus
Heliacus willianseverii
Heliacus worsfoldi

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2019-10-23 19:44:22
Last edit:: 2021-02-01 20:06:19

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Heliacus variegatus (Gmelin, 1791)

Heliacus variegatus is usually found associated with subtidal zoanthids, probably Zoanthus sp.

Commonly known as The Sundial. Have cone shaped operculum.

Synonymised names:
Heliacus (Heliacus) variegatus (Gmelin, 1791)· accepted, alternate representation
Solarium (Torinia) perspectiviunculus (Dillwyn, 1817)
Solarium (Torinia) perspectiviunculus var. planulata Hanley, 1863
Solarium perspectiviunculum (Dillwyn, 1817)
Solarium perspectiviunculum var. depressum Philippi, 1853 (junior homonym)
Solarium perspectiviunculum var. planulatum Hanley, 1863
Torinia gyrus depressiuscula Bayer, 1948
Torinia rosae Selli, 1973 †
Torinia variegata (Gmelin, 1791)
Trochus perspectiviunculus Dillwyn, 1817
Trochus variegatus Gmelin, 1791

Scientific paper

Ultrastructure of spermiogenesis in the gastropodHeliacus variegatus(Architectonicidae), with description of a banded periaxonemal helix, J. M. Healy; B. G. M. Jamieson, 1991

External links

Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
UnderwaterKwaj, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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