Polinices aurantius Golden Moonsnail, Orane Moonsnail, Fleming's Moon Snail

Polinices aurantius is commonly referred to as Golden Moonsnail, Orane Moonsnail, Fleming's Moon Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

16757 

AphiaID:

568336 

Scientific:

Polinices aurantius 

German:

Gold-Mondschnecke, Orangefarbene Mondschnecke, Flemings Mondschnecke 

English:

Golden Moonsnail, Orane Moonsnail, Fleming's Moon Snail 

Category:

Lumache 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Naticidae (Family) > Polinices (Genus) > aurantius (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Röding, ), 1798 

Occurrence:

Anilao, Australia, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Philippines, Tuamoto Islands, Vietnam, Western Pacific Ocean 

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:

0,5 - 20 Meter 

Habitats:

Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

5,0 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, No reliable information available, Predatory, Snails 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Polinices albumen
• Polinices alveatus
• Polinices amiculatus
• 
  Polinices aurantius
  Gold-Mondschnecke, Orangefarbene Mondschnecke, Flemings Mondschnecke
• Polinices bifasciatus
• Polinices candidissimus
• Polinices citrinus
• Polinices cleistopsila
• Polinices constanti
• Polinices cora
• Polinices cumingianus
• Polinices flemingianus
• Polinices grunerianus
• Polinices hacketti
• Polinices hepaticus
• Polinices immaculatus
• Polinices intemeratus
• Polinices jukesii
• Polinices lacteus
• Polinices leptaleus
• Polinices limi
• Polinices mammilla
• Polinices mediopacificus
• Polinices mellosus
• Polinices otis
• Polinices paciae
• Polinices panamaensis
• Polinices parvulus
• Polinices perspicuus
• Polinices peselephanti
• Polinices powisianus
• Polinices psilus
• Polinices putealis
• Polinices sagamiensis
• Polinices tawhitirahia
• Polinices uber
• Polinices uberinus
• Polinices vavaosi
• Polinices vestitus
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-09-15 14:02:08 

Last edit:

2024-09-15 14:06:52 

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