Lomentaria australis Southern ear-cowrie, Red velvet snail

Lomentaria australis is commonly referred to as Southern ear-cowrie, Red velvet snail. 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:

9817 

AphiaID:

373547 

Scientific:

Lomentaria australis 

German:

Cowrie-Schnecke 

English:

Southern Ear-cowrie, Red Velvet Snail 

Category:

Lumache 

Family tree:

Plantae (Kingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Rhodymeniales (Order) > Lomentariaceae (Family) > Lomentaria (Genus) > australis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Kützing) Levring, 1946 

Occurrence:

Australia, Tasmania (Australia) 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 75.2 °F (°C - 24°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore) 

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 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Lomentaria articulata
  Rotalge
• 
  Lomentaria australis
  Cowrie-Schnecke
• 
  Lomentaria orcadensis
  Rotalge

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-07-05 16:03:04 

Last edit:

2019-09-09 22:21:12 

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