Pomaulax gibberosus Red Turbansnail, Red Turban, Red Starsnail

Pomaulax gibberosus is commonly referred to as Red Turbansnail, Red Turban, Red Starsnail. 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:

15015 

AphiaID:

581670 

Scientific:

Pomaulax gibberosus 

German:

Rote Turbanschnecke, Roter Turban 

English:

Red Turbansnail, Red Turban, Red Starsnail 

Category:

Slakken 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Turbinidae (Family) > Pomaulax (Genus) > gibberosus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Dillwyn, ), 1817 

Occurrence:

Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), USA 

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:

- 80 Meter 

Size:

up to 3.15" (8 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 71.6 °F (°C - 22°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Detritus 

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:

• 
  Pomaulax gibberosus
  Rote Turbanschnecke, Roter Turban
• Pomaulax japonicus
• Pomaulax spiratus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-07-22 18:20:40 

Last edit:

2023-06-10 13:13:59 

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