Cypraecassis rufa Red helmet shell, Bullmouth Helmet

Cypraecassis rufais commonly referred to as Red helmet shell, Bullmouth Helmet. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

10700 

AphiaID:

217000 

Scientific:

Cypraecassis rufa 

German:

Rote Helmschnecke, Bullenmaul, Feuerofen 

English:

Red Helmet Shell, Bullmouth Helmet 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cassidae (Family) > Cypraecassis (Genus) > rufa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Australia, East Africa, Fiji, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Melanesia, Mozambique, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Réunion , Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania 

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 - 15 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.09" (18 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Predatory, Sea urchins 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Cypraecassis coarctata
• 
  Cypraecassis rufa
  Rote Helmschnecke, Bullenmaul, Feuerofen
• Cypraecassis tenuis
• 
  Cypraecassis testiculus
  Netz-Helmschnecke, Kauri-Helmschnecke
• Cypraecassis wilmae

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-05-08 19:57:30 

Last edit:

2017-05-08 20:16:16 

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