Charonia tritonis Giant Triton, Triton’sTrumpet,Trumpet Conch,Trumpet Shel

Charonia tritonisis commonly referred to as Giant Triton, Triton’sTrumpet,Trumpet Conch,Trumpet Shel. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3155 

AphiaID:

141102 

Scientific:

Charonia tritonis 

German:

Tritonshorn 

English:

Giant Triton, Triton’sTrumpet,Trumpet Conch,Trumpet Shel 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Charoniidae (Family) > Charonia (Genus) > tritonis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Bermuda, Caroline Island, China, Christmas Islands, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Croatia, Cyprus, East Africa, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Fiji, Florida, French Polynesia, Galapagos Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Territory (Australia), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Portugal, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Australia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Kermadec Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, West Indies, West-Atlantic Ocean, Western Australia, Zanzibar 

Sea depth:

1 - 40 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 19.69" (50 cm) 

Temperature:

23,9 °F - 29,3 °F (23,9°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Predatory, Sea Cucumbers, Starfishs 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Charonia lampas
  Knotiges Tritonshorn
• 
  Charonia tritonis
  Tritonshorn
• 
  Charonia variegata
  Atlantisches Tritonshorn

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-05-04 07:14:59 

Last edit:

2024-01-15 19:52:24 

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