Margarites pupillus Little Margarite, Puppet Margarite

Margarites pupillusis commonly referred to as Little Margarite, Puppet Margarite. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

1715 

AphiaID:

528731 

Scientific:

Margarites pupillus 

German:

Kleine Margerite 

English:

Little Margarite, Puppet Margarite 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Margaritidae (Family) > Margarites (Genus) > pupillus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gould, ), 1849 

Occurrence:

Bering Sea, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, USA 

Sea depth:

1 - 115 Meter 

Size:

0" - 0.79" (0,8cm - 2cm) 

Temperature:

46.4 °F - 50 °F (8°C - 10°C) 

Food:

Algae, algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Bryozoans (sea mats), Detritus, Hydrozoa polyps, Sponges 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Margarites albolineatus
• Margarites angulatus
• Margarites argentatus
• Margarites avachensis
• Margarites avenosooki
• Margarites biconica
• Margarites bisikovi
• Margarites cabernet
• Margarites calliostomoides
• Margarites costalis
• Margarites dnopherus
• Margarites ecarinatus
• Margarites giganteus
• Margarites glabrus
• 
  Margarites groenlandicus
  Grönländ Margarite
• Margarites helicinus
• Margarites hickmanae
• Margarites huloti
• Margarites inflatulus
• Margarites keepi
• Margarites kophameli
• Margarites koreanicus
• Margarites laminarum
• Margarites luciae
• Margarites miona
• Margarites mirabilis
• Margarites olivaceus
• Margarites picturatus
• Margarites pilsbryi
• Margarites pribiloffensis
• 
  Margarites pupillus
  Kleine Margerite
• Margarites rossicus
• Margarites ryukyuensis
• Margarites salmoneus
• Margarites schantaricus
• Margarites scintillans
• Margarites shinkai
• Margarites simbla
• Margarites smithi
• Margarites sordidus
• Margarites striatus
• Margarites toroides
• Margarites vahlii
• Margarites vityazi
• Margarites vorticiferus
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-10-29 16:59:59 

Last edit:

2018-06-29 17:35:46 

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