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Iotyrris kingae Kings turrid shell

Iotyrris kingaeis commonly referred to as Kings turrid shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Kings turrid shell - Iotyrris kingae,Not uncommon at Kwaj, a Turrid species recently renamed, Iotyrris kingae. 20mm, Kwajalein Atoll,2016


Courtesy of the author Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater . Please visit www.underwaterkwaj.com for more information.

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lexID:
14171 
AphiaID:
1441488 
Scientific:
Iotyrris kingae 
German:
Königs-Iotyrris 
English:
Kings Turrid Shell 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Turridae (Family) > Iotyrris (Genus) > kingae (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Powell, ), 1964 
Occurrence:
Christmas Islands, Hawaii, Marschall Islands, Mozambique, Philippines 
Sea depth:
6 - 20 Meter 
Size:
0.79" - 1.18" (2,0cm - 3,5cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory, Worms 
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:
  • Iotyrris cerithiformis
  • Iotyrris cingulifera
  • Iotyrris devoizei
  • Iotyrris marquesensis
  • Iotyrris musivum
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-10-10 19:42:20 

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Iotyrris kingae (Powell, 1964)

Iotyrris kingae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.Iotyrris kingae lives primarily under fine layers of sand over rock on seaward and pinnacle reefs in 6 - 20m of water.

Synonymised names:
Lophiotoma kingae (Powell, 1964)
Xenuroturris kingae Powell, 1964 (original combination)

External links

  1. underwaterkwaj.com (en). Abgerufen am 10.10.2021.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 10.10.2021.

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Kings turrid shell - Iotyrris kingae,Not uncommon at Kwaj, a Turrid species recently renamed, Iotyrris kingae. 20mm, Kwajalein Atoll,2016

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