Amauropsis rossiana moon snail, necklace shell

Amauropsis rossiana is commonly referred to as moon snail, necklace shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

8387 

AphiaID:

197036 

Scientific:

Amauropsis rossiana 

German:

Mondschnecke, Nabelschnecke 

English:

Moon Snail, Necklace Shell 

Category:

Lumache 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Naticidae (Family) > Amauropsis (Genus) > rossiana (Species) 

Initial determination:

E. A. Smith, 1907 

Occurrence:

Antarctica, Weddell 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:

75,5 - 643 Meter 

Habitats:

Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.2" - 1.18" (0.5cm - 3cm) 

Temperature:

28.4 °F - 35.6 °F (-2°C - 2°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Predatory, Snails 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Amauropsis anderssoni
• Amauropsis apora
• 
  Amauropsis aureolutea
  Mondschnecke
• Amauropsis bransfieldensis
• Amauropsis brassiculina
• Amauropsis georgiana
• Amauropsis islandica
• Amauropsis powelli
• Amauropsis prasina
• 
  Amauropsis rossiana
  Mondschnecke, Nabelschnecke
• Amauropsis sphaeroides
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-05-10 13:54:49 

Last edit:

2024-04-10 19:18:40 

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