Chelycypraea testudinaria Tortoise Cowry, Tortoise Cowrie, Turtle Cowry

Chelycypraea testudinaria is commonly referred to as Tortoise Cowry, Tortoise Cowrie, Turtle Cowry. 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:

16816 

AphiaID:

530893 

Scientific:

Chelycypraea testudinaria 

German:

Schildkröten Kauri 

English:

Tortoise Cowry, Tortoise Cowrie, Turtle Cowry 

Category:

Slakken 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Chelycypraea (Genus) > testudinaria (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Aldabra Group, Comores, French Polynesia, Guam, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Philippines, Réunion , Sulu Sea , Tansania, the Seychelles, Vietnam, Zanzibar 

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:

0 - 16 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Lagoons, Reef slopes, Rock crevices, Seaward facing reefs, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

3.54" - 5.51" (9cm - 14,2cm) 

Temperature:

23,2 °F - 28,4 °F (23,2°C - 28,4°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), omnivore, Predatory 

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:

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  Chelycypraea testudinaria
  Schildkröten Kauri

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-10-03 12:54:37 

Last edit:

2024-10-03 13:06:58 

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