Aclyvolva lanceolata Lance Cowry, Allied Cowry, Ovulid

Aclyvolva lanceolatais commonly referred to as Lance Cowry, Allied Cowry, Ovulid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

11931 

AphiaID:

431238 

Scientific:

Aclyvolva lanceolata 

German:

Lanzen-Kaurie 

English:

Lance Cowry, Allied Cowry, Ovulid 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Aclyvolva (Genus) > lanceolata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(G. B. Sowerby II, ), 1849 

Occurrence:

Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Cebu ((Philippines), Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Fiji, Guam, India, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Solomon Islands, South-Pazific, Timor Sea, Western Australia 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

8 - 90 Meter 

Habitats:

On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.39" - 1.18" (1,4cm - 3,5cm) 

Weight:

1 g 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Coral polyps = corallivorous, Parasitic 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Aclyvolva granularis
• Aclyvolva lamyi
• 
  Aclyvolva lanceolata
  Lanzen-Kaurie
• Aclyvolva nicolamassierae

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Aclyvolva coarctata
  Spindelkauri

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-01-27 13:00:02 

Last edit:

2024-04-10 10:18:56 

Info

Pictures

Commonly

Husbandry know-how of owners