Lambis lambis Common spider conch

Lambis lambis is commonly referred to as Common spider conch. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6082 

AphiaID:

211096 

Scientific:

Lambis lambis 

German:

Flügelschnecke, Kleine Teufelskralle, Gemeine Spinnenschnecke 

English:

Common Spider Conch 

Category:

Lumache 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Strombidae (Family) > Lambis (Genus) > lambis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, East Africa, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 24 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 77 °F (20°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Clams, Crustaceans, Detritus, Snails, 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:

• Lambis arachnoides
• 
  Lambis crocata
  Orange Spinnenschnecke, Flügelschnecke
• 
  Lambis lambis
  Flügelschnecke, Kleine Teufelskralle, Gemeine Spinnenschnecke
• Lambis lilikae
• 
  Lambis millepeda
  Tausenfüßler-Schnecke, Flügelschnecke
• Lambis pilsbryi
• Lambis robusta
• 
  Lambis scorpius
  Skorpions-Flügelschnecke
• 
  Lambis truncata
  Große Flügelschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-09-21 16:41:03 

Last edit:

2017-05-07 13:47:40 

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