Smaragdia rangiana Emerald Nerite , Rang's Neritina

Smaragdia rangianais commonly referred to as Emerald Nerite , Rang's Neritina. 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:

8431 

AphiaID:

215198 

Scientific:

Smaragdia rangiana 

German:

Smaragd Nerite 

English:

Emerald Nerite , Rang's Neritina 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Récluz, ), 1841 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Japan, Madagascar, New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, the Seychelles, Western Pacific Ocean 

Size:

0.12" - 0.39" (0.3cm - 1cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 80.6 °F (20°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Algae 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

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

CITES:

Not evaluated 

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:

2015-05-24 13:28:10 

Last edit:

2015-05-24 13:28:10 

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