Macrocypraea cervus Atlantic deer cowrie

Macrocypraea cervus is commonly referred to as Atlantic deer cowrie. 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:

10998 

AphiaID:

419722 

Scientific:

Macrocypraea cervus 

German:

Kauri-Schnecke 

English:

Atlantic Deer Cowrie 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Macrocypraea (Genus) > cervus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1771 

Occurrence:

Bermuda, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Panama, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 53 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.48" (19 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 23,3 °F (°C - 23,3°C) 

Food:

algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, omnivore, Sea squirts 

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:

• 
  Macrocypraea cervinetta
  Kauri-Schnecke
• 
  Macrocypraea cervus
  Kauri-Schnecke
• 
  Macrocypraea zebra
  Kaurieschnecke - Porzellanschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-08-25 09:55:11 

Last edit:

2019-09-09 22:37:12 

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Semiadult

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