Diloma zelandicum New Zealand Top Snail

Diloma zelandicum is commonly referred to as New Zealand Top Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand 2022

Diloma zelandicum, Forschungsqualität
Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:: 14750
AphiaID:: 546852

Scientific:: Diloma zelandicum
German:: Neuseeländische Kreiselschnecke
English:: New Zealand Top Snail

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Trochidae (Family) > Diloma (Genus) > zelandicum (Species)
Initial determination:: (Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1834

Occurrence:: Endemic species, New Zealand, Tasmania (Australia)
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: Meter
Habitats:: Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0.79" - 1.18" (2,0cm - 3,2cm)
Temperature:: 51.8 °F - 64.4 °F (11°C - 18°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Detritus
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:

Diloma aethiops
Gefleckter Schwarzer Kreisel, Kreiselschnecke
Diloma aridum
Diloma bicanaliculatum
Genoppte Kreiselschnecke
Diloma concameratum
Mosaik Kreiselschnecke
Diloma coracinum
Kreiselschnecke
Diloma durvillaea
Diloma nanum
Diloma nigerrimum
Bläuliche Kreiselschnecke
Diloma radula
Diloma samoaense
Diloma subrostratum
Watt-Kreiselschnecke
Diloma zelandicum
Neuseeländische Kreiselschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-04-28 20:43:59
Last edit:: 2024-05-20 15:14:51

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Diloma zelandicum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Members genus Diloma are algae grazer and deposit feeder.

Synonymised names:
Monodonta melanoloma var. guttata Hutton, 1884 · unaccepted
Trochus atrovirens Philippi, 1851 · unaccepted
Trochus zelandicus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

New Zealand Mollusca (en). Abgerufen am 28.04.2022.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 24.01.2024.

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