Plesiocystiscus jewettii Jewett's Margin, Cystiscid Snail

Plesiocystiscus jewettiiis commonly referred to as Jewett's Margin, Cystiscid Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Jeff Goddard, USA

Plesiocystiscus jewettii.2016

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Scientific:: Plesiocystiscus jewettii
German:: Jewett's Margin
English:: Jewett's Margin, Cystiscid Snail

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Cystiscidae (Family) > Plesiocystiscus (Genus) > jewettii (Species)
Initial determination:: (Carpenter, ), 1857

Occurrence:: Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), USA
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 0" - 0" (0,3cm - 0,5cm)
Food:: No reliable information available, Predatory
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Plesiocystiscus abbotti
Plesiocystiscus alfiopivai
Plesiocystiscus alfredensis
Plesiocystiscus aphanospira
Plesiocystiscus atomus
Plesiocystiscus bavayi
Plesiocystiscus bubistae
Plesiocystiscus cinereus
Plesiocystiscus consanguineus
Plesiocystiscus elzae
Plesiocystiscus genecoani
Plesiocystiscus gutta
Plesiocystiscus irinae
Plesiocystiscus jansseni
Plesiocystiscus jardonae
Plesiocystiscus jewettii
Jewett's Margin
Plesiocystiscus josephinae
Plesiocystiscus larva
Plesiocystiscus leonorae
Mini-Schnecke
Plesiocystiscus luiscarlosi
Plesiocystiscus mariae
Plesiocystiscus myrmecoon
Plesiocystiscus ovatus
Plesiocystiscus palantirulus
Plesiocystiscus politulus
Plesiocystiscus pseudogranulina
Plesiocystiscus thalia
Plesiocystiscus valae
Plesiocystiscus variegatus
Plesiocystiscus violaceus
Plesiocystiscus watanuensis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2021-02-25 16:55:21
Last edit:: 2021-02-25 17:05:03

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Plesiocystiscus jewettii (Carpenter, 1857)

Plesiocystiscus jewettii is a species of minute predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cystiscidae. Plesiocystiscus jewettii shell minute to small.

Synonymised names:
Marginella jewettii Carpenter, 1857 (original combination)

External links

WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 25.02.2021.

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Plesiocystiscus jewettiii (Asilomar) 2017

Cystiscid snail.Plesiocystiscus jewettii, about 4 mm long.2015

Plesiocystiscus jewettii.Found as is, crawling on surfgrass. Shell about 4 mm long.2016

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