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Epidendrium billeeanum Golden wentletrap

Epidendrium billeeanum wird umgangssprachlich oft als Goldgelbe Wendeltreppe bezeichnet. Die Gehäuseschnecke ist nicht für eine Haltung in Aquarien geeignet.


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Golden Wentletrap - Epidendrium billeeanum,2014


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lexID:
10893 
AphiaID:
523762 
Scientific:
Epidendrium billeeanum 
German:
Goldgelbe Wendeltreppe 
English:
Golden Wentletrap 
Category:
Slakken 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Epitoniidae (Family) > Epidendrium (Genus) > billeeanum (Species) 
Initial determination:
(DuShane & Bratcher, ), 1965 
Occurrence:
Eastern Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), New Zealand, South-Africa 
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:
2 - 15 Meter 
Habitats:
On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0" - 0.79" (0,5cm - 2,5cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Coral polyps = corallivorous, Parasitic, Predatory 
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
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-04-23 10:32:17 

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Epidendrium billeeanum (DuShane & Bratcher, 1965)

Epidendrium billeeanum, commonly known as the Yellow sea snail or the Golden wentletrap, is a predator and ectoparasite sea snail.The Golden wentletrap has a bright yellow shell.

This species is often found on corals from genus Tubastraea, on which it feeds.

Similar to Epidendrium aureum and Epidendrium sordidum:
Epidendrium billeeanum is restricted to the waters of the Eastern Pacific, while Epidendrium aureum and Epidendrium sordidum occur in the Indo-West Pacific. Epidendrum aureum has a dark purple/red protoconch, in Epidendrium billeeanum it is white to yellowish.

Synonyms:
Alora billeeana (DuShane & Bratcher, 1965)
Epitonium billeeanum (DuShane & Bratcher, 1965)
Scalina billeeana DuShane & Bratcher, 1965

External links

  1. repository.naturalis.nl (en). Abgerufen am 23.04.2024.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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