Gyrineum lacunatum Purple Gyre Triton

Gyrineum lacunatum is commonly referred to as Purple Gyre Triton. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18115 

AphiaID:

476505 

Scientific:

Gyrineum lacunatum 

German:

Triton-Schnecke 

English:

Purple Gyre Triton 

Category:

Lumache 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cymatiidae (Family) > Gyrineum (Genus) > lacunatum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Mighels, ), 1845 

Occurrence:

Australia, Cebu ((Philippines), French Polynesia, Hawaii, Indonesia, Japan, KwaZulu-Natal (Province East Coast South Africa), Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Philippines, South-Africa, Tasman Sea 

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:

1 - 200 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rubble floors, Sandy sea floors, Seaward facing reefs, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 

Size:

0" - 0.79" (0,9cm - 2,0cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, No reliable information available, Predatory 

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:

• Gyrineum bituberculare
• 
  Gyrineum gyrinum
  Kaulquappen-Triton, Braunweißband-Triton
• Gyrineum natator

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Gyrineum lacunatum
  Triton-Schnecke
• 
  Gyrineum roseum
  Rosa-Triton

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-02-02 12:26:23 

Last edit:

2026-02-02 12:54:02 

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