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Longchaeus acus Needle Pyram

Longchaeus acus is commonly referred to as Needle Pyram. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
12143 
AphiaID:
215192 
Scientific:
Longchaeus acus 
German:
Nadel-Pyramidenschnecke 
English:
Needle Pyram 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Pyramidellidae (Family) > Longchaeus (Genus) > acus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gmelin, ), 1791 
Occurrence:
Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Mauritius, Philippines, Red Sea, Tansania, Vietnam 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
0.39" - 2.36" (1,9cm - 6,7cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Parasitic 
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:
  • Longchaeus acus
    Nadel-Pyramidenschnecke
  • Longchaeus auricomus
  • Longchaeus candidus
  • Longchaeus eburneus
  • Longchaeus folinii
  • Longchaeus insularum
  • Longchaeus obtusus
  • Longchaeus pricena
  • Longchaeus suturalis
  • Longchaeus turritus
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2019-06-19 14:22:45 

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Longchaeus acus (Gmelin, 1791)

The shell is polished. Its color is white, with dark chestnut or chocolate spots. Longchaeus acus is an ectoparasitic species.

Synonymised names:
Longchaeus punctatus (Férussac, 1821)
Pyramidella acus (Gmelin, 1791)
Pyramidella punctata Schubert & Wagner, 1829 (invalid: homonym and synonym of Pyramidella punctata Férussac, 1821)
Pyramidella punctata Férussac, 1821
Voluta acus Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)

External links

  1. Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Homepage Bo Davidson (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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