Zeidora nesta Key Hole Limpet, Slit Limpet

Zeidora nestais commonly referred to as Key Hole Limpet, Slit Limpet. 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:

14402 

AphiaID:

577654 

Scientific:

Zeidora nesta 

German:

Schlüsselloch-Schnecke 

English:

Key Hole Limpet, Slit Limpet 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Lepetellida (Order) > Fissurellidae (Family) > Zeidora (Genus) > nesta (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Pilsbry, ), 1891 

Occurrence:

Egypt, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Philippines, Red Sea 

Sea depth:

- 20 Meter 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,35cm - 0,43cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Algae, algae grazer, epiphytes feeder 

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:

• Zeidora antarctica
• Zeidora bahamondei
• Zeidora bigelowi
• Zeidora calceolina
• Zeidora crepidula
• Zeidora flabellum
• Zeidora galapagensis
• Zeidora lodderae
• Zeidora maoria
• Zeidora milerai
• Zeidora naufraga
• Zeidora neritica
• 
  Zeidora nesta
  Schlüsselloch-Schnecke
• Zeidora pussa
• Zeidora reticulata
• Zeidora tasmanica
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-01-21 17:01:31 

Last edit:

2022-01-21 17:01:31 

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