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Echinolittorina ziczac zebra periwinkle

Echinolittorina ziczacis commonly referred to as zebra periwinkle. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Nodilittorina ziczac © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland


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lexID:
6152 
AphiaID:
419564 
Scientific:
Echinolittorina ziczac 
German:
Zickzack-Strandschnecke 
English:
Zebra Periwinkle 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Littorinidae (Family) > Echinolittorina (Genus) > ziczac (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gmelin, ), 1791 
Occurrence:
Columbia, Costa Rica, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, the Caribbean, Venezuela 
Size:
0.79" - 0.91" (2cm - 2.3cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Algae, Detritus 
Tank:
11 gal (~ 50L)  
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Echinolittorina albicarinata
  • Echinolittorina angustior
  • Echinolittorina apicina
  • Echinolittorina arabica
  • Echinolittorina aspera
  • Echinolittorina atrata
  • Echinolittorina australis
  • Echinolittorina austrotrochoides
  • Echinolittorina biangulata
  • Echinolittorina caboverdensis
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2013-10-04 16:30:52 

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Echinolittorina ziczac (Gmelin, 1791)

Echinolittorina ziczac,common name the "zebra periwinkle", is a small sea snail.

This sea snail lives in tropical shallow water and is very common.Echinolittorina ziczac is herbivorous scrapping the surface of the rocks on which it lives in order to graze on microalgae and also consume dedritus.

Echinolittorina ziczac is often are often confused with Echinolittorina jamacensis.The differences are very small.

Synonymised names:
Littorina mauritiana var. gracilior Philippi, 1847
Littorina ziczac (Gmelin, 1791) (new combination)
Nodilittorina ziczac (Gmelin, 1791)
Trochus ziczac Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
> Littorinidae (Family) >Littorininae (Subfamily) > Echinolittorina (Genus)

External links

  1. Homepage von Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Smithonian Marine Station of Fort Pierce (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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