Lepidochitona cinerea Grey Chiton, Cinereous Chiton, Grey Mail-Shell

Lepidochitona cinereais commonly referred to as Grey Chiton, Cinereous Chiton, Grey Mail-Shell. 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. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3311 

AphiaID:

152774 

Scientific:

Lepidochitona cinerea 

German:

Rändel-Käferschnecke, Graue Käferschnecke 

English:

Grey Chiton, Cinereous Chiton, Grey Mail-Shell 

Category:

Chitons 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Chitonida (Order) > Lepidochitonidae (Family) > Lepidochitona (Genus) > cinerea (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1767 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the North Sea, Balearic Islands, Barents Sea, Bay of Biscay, East-Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

0 - 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

39.2 °F - 71.6 °F (4°C - 22°C) 

Food:

Algae, Aquatic plant, Detritus, Protozoa 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Lepidochitona aleutica
• Lepidochitona bullocki
• Lepidochitona caboverdensis
• Lepidochitona canariensis
• Lepidochitona caprearum
• 
  Lepidochitona cinerea
  Rändel-Käferschnecke, Graue Käferschnecke
• Lepidochitona dicksae
• Lepidochitona furtiva
• Lepidochitona iberica
• Lepidochitona kaasi
• 
  Lepidochitona liozonis
  Käferschnecke
• Lepidochitona monterosatoi
• Lepidochitona piceola
• Lepidochitona pseudoliozonis
• Lepidochitona rolani
• Lepidochitona rosea
• Lepidochitona rufoi
• Lepidochitona salvadorensis
• Lepidochitona severianoi
• Lepidochitona simrothi
• Lepidochitona stroemfelti
• Lepidochitona subaleutica
• Lepidochitona turtoni
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Lepidochitona sp.01
  Käferschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-08-30 14:51:44 

Last edit:

2020-02-04 01:47:28 

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