Pellasimnia improcera Spindle Cowry

Pellasimnia improcerais commonly referred to as Spindle Cowry. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5407 

AphiaID:

431149 

Scientific:

Pellasimnia improcera 

German:

Sindelkaurie 

English:

Spindle Cowry 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Pellasimnia (Genus) > improcera (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Azuma & C. N. Cate, ), 1971 

Occurrence:

Australia, Corea, Japan, Philippines, Western Pacific Ocean 

Size:

up to 1.38" (3.5 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Coral polyps = corallivorous, Food specialist, Predatory 

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:

• Pellasimnia angasi
• 
  Pellasimnia annabelae
  Annabels Spindelkaurie
• Pellasimnia cleaveri
• Pellasimnia hochmuthi

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pellasimnia brunneiterma
  Spindelkaurie
• 
  Pellasimnia improcera
  Sindelkaurie

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-05-06 17:56:02 

Last edit:

2013-05-06 17:56:02 

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