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Surrepifungium costulatum Wentletrap Snail

Surrepifungium costulatumis commonly referred to as Wentletrap Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Surrepifungium costulatum, Anilao 2020


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lexID:
15685 
AphiaID:
524110 
Scientific:
Surrepifungium costulatum 
German:
Wendeltreppe 
English:
Wentletrap Snail 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Epitoniidae (Family) > Surrepifungium (Genus) > costulatum (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Kiener, ), 1838 
Occurrence:
Anilao, French Polynesia, Marschall Islands, Philippines, the Society Islands 
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:
6 - 12 Meter 
Size:
1.18" - 1.57" (3,5cm - 4,4cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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Catalog of Life:
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-09-17 11:29:33 

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Surrepifungium costulatum (Kiener, 1838)

Surrepifungium costulatum is usually in sand and rubble pockets on the seaward reef under fungiid corals, most often Herpolitha limax. Often the shells are buried in fine sand underneath the coral, but clusters of sand ball egg masses are usually visible on the surface of the sand. Many photos are provded.

Synonymised names:
Epitonium costulatum (Kiener, 1838) · unaccepted
Scala costulata (Kiener, 1838) · unaccepted
Scalaria costulata Kiener, 1838 · unaccepted

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