Phyllonotus oculatus Oculate Apple Murex

Phyllonotus oculatus is commonly referred to as Oculate Apple Murex. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12876 

AphiaID:

419943 

Scientific:

Phyllonotus oculatus 

German:

Stachelschnecke 

English:

Oculate Apple Murex 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricidae (Family) > Phyllonotus (Genus) > oculatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Reeve, ), 1845 

Occurrence:

Brazil, Columbia, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, USA, Venezuela 

Sea depth:

5 - 55 Meter 

Size:

1.97" - 4.72" (5cm - 12,4cm) 

Temperature:

77 °F - 80.6 °F (25°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Phyllonotus eversoni
• Phyllonotus globosus
• Phyllonotus guyanensis
• Phyllonotus margaritensis
• Phyllonotus mexicanus
• 
  Phyllonotus oculatus
  Stachelschnecke
• Phyllonotus peratus
• 
  Phyllonotus pomum
  Apfel-Stachelschnecke, Schuppenapfel
• Phyllonotus salutensis
• Phyllonotus whymani

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-03-12 19:44:00 

Last edit:

2020-03-12 19:44:00 

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