Smaragdia souverbiana sea snail

Smaragdia souverbianais commonly referred to as sea snail. 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:

6419 

AphiaID:

140569 

Scientific:

Smaragdia souverbiana 

German:

Kahnschnecke 

English:

Sea Snail 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cycloneritida (Order) > Neritidae (Family) > Smaragdia (Genus) > souverbiana (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Montrouzier in Souverbie & Montrouzier, ), 1863 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Australia, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, New Caledonia, North Atlantic Ocean, Philippines, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

0" - 0.79" (0,6cm - 2,2cm) 

Temperature:

50 °F - 77 °F (10°C - 25°C) 

Food:

algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Sea weed 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Smaragdia bryanae
• Smaragdia patburkeae
• Smaragdia pulcherrima
• Smaragdia purpureomaculata
• 
  Smaragdia rangiana
  Smaragd Nerite
• Smaragdia roseopicta
• 
  Smaragdia souverbiana
  Kahnschnecke
• Smaragdia tragena
• 
  Smaragdia viridis
  Kahnschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-11-18 10:52:52 

Last edit:

2019-09-07 16:03:34 

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