Pleuroploca trapezium trapezium horse conch, striped fox conch

Pleuroploca trapeziumis commonly referred to as trapezium horse conch, striped fox conch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12142 

AphiaID:

217071 

Scientific:

Pleuroploca trapezium 

German:

Gestreifte Bandschnecke, Trapezband-Schnecke 

English:

Trapezium Horse Conch, Striped Fox Conch 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Fasciolariidae (Family) > Pleuroploca (Genus) > trapezium (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Japan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , South-Africa, Tansania, the Seychelles 

Sea depth:

1 - 40 Meter 

Size:

3.15" - 7.87" (8,5cm - 20cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Predatory, Snails 

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:

• Pleuroploca audouini
• Pleuroploca clava
• Pleuroploca lischkeana
• Pleuroploca lyonsi
• Pleuroploca ponderosa
• Pleuroploca purpurea
• 
  Pleuroploca trapezium
  Gestreifte Bandschnecke, Trapezband-Schnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-06-18 20:28:40 

Last edit:

2019-06-18 20:45:58 

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