Smaragdia viridis Emerald nerite

Smaragdia viridisis commonly referred to as Emerald nerite. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

9036 

AphiaID:

140570 

Scientific:

Smaragdia viridis 

German:

Kahnschnecke 

English:

Emerald Nerite 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Djibouti, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Fiji, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Northern Africa, Panama, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, Venezuela 

Sea depth:

2 - 200 Meter 

Size:

0" - 0.31" (0,7cm - 0.8cm) 

Temperature:

80.6 °F - 82.4 °F (27°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae, Sponges 

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:

• 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:

2015-12-13 18:05:44 

Last edit:

2019-08-28 20:10:00 

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