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Thylacodes aotearoicus Worm Snail

Thylacodes aotearoicusis commonly referred to as Worm Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Thylacodes aotearoicus,SCUBA diving at Goat Island. High tide. Maximum depth 7m.Auckland, New Zealand 2022


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:
15166 
AphiaID:
598652 
Scientific:
Thylacodes aotearoicus 
German:
Wurmschnecke 
English:
Worm Snail 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Vermetidae (Family) > Thylacodes (Genus) > aotearoicus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(J. E. Morton, ), 1951 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, New Zealand 
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:
- 7 Meter 
Size:
1.57" - 1.97" (4,1cm - 5cm) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Plankton 
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:
  • Thylacodes adamsii
  • Thylacodes aotearoicus
    Wurmschnecke
  • Thylacodes arenarius
    Riesenwurmschnecke
  • Thylacodes aureus
  • Thylacodes capensis
  • Thylacodes colubrinus
  • Thylacodes constrictor
  • Thylacodes daidai
  • Thylacodes decussatus
  • Thylacodes dentiferus
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-09-11 19:14:50 

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Thylacodes aotearoicus (J. E. Morton, 1951)

Thylacodes aotearoicus is a worm snail or worm shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Vermetidae.

Thylacodes aotearoicus is endemic to New Zealand.

This worm snail is darker in colour than Thylacodes zelandicus.

Synonymised names:
Serpulorbis aotearoicus J. E. Morton, 1951 · unaccepted

External links

  1. New Zealand Mollusca (en). Abgerufen am 11.09.2022.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 11.09.2022.

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Thylacodes aotearoicus,SCUBA diving at Goat Island. High tide. Maximum depth 7m.Auckland, New Zealand 2022_1
Thylacodes aotearoicus,SCUBA diving at Goat Island. High tide. Maximum depth 7m.Auckland, New Zealand 2022
Thylacodes aotearoicus, Auckland, New Zealand 2022
Thylacodes aotearoicus, Auckland, New Zealand 2022

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