Janthina umbilicata Small Violet Snail, Glossy Violet Snail,Purple Sea Shell, Elongate Janthina

Janthina umbilicatais commonly referred to as Small Violet Snail, Glossy Violet Snail,Purple Sea Shell, Elongate Janthina. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping.

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lexID:

9459 

AphiaID:

225271 

Scientific:

Janthina umbilicata 

German:

Kleine Veilchenschnecke 

English:

Small Violet Snail, Glossy Violet Snail,Purple Sea Shell, Elongate Janthina 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Epitoniidae (Family) > Janthina (Genus) > umbilicata (Species) 

Initial determination:

d'Orbigny, 1841 

Occurrence:

Brazil, Canada , Cuba, Curacao, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Jamaica, Mozambique, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Puerto Rico, Red Sea, South-Africa, Tansania, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Kermadec Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Water column 

Size:

up to 0.39" (1 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Jellyfish, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Janthina exigua
  Zwerg-Veilchenschnecke
• Janthina globosa
• 
  Janthina janthina
  Veilchenschnecke, Floßschnecke
• Janthina pallida
• 
  Janthina umbilicata
  Kleine Veilchenschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-03-07 19:15:02 

Last edit:

2024-03-07 19:39:00 

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