Prothalotia pulcherrima The Beautiful Jewel Top Shell, Beautiful Cantharidus

Prothalotia pulcherrima is commonly referred to as The Beautiful Jewel Top Shell, Beautiful Cantharidus. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3218 

AphiaID:

876701 

Scientific:

Prothalotia pulcherrima 

German:

Wunderschöne Juwelen-Kreiselschnecke, Schöne Cantharidus 

English:

The Beautiful Jewel Top Shell, Beautiful Cantharidus 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Trochidae (Family) > Prothalotia (Genus) > pulcherrima (Species) 

Initial determination:

(W. Wood, ), 1828 

Occurrence:

Australia, Endemic species, 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:

Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1,0cm - 2,0cm) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Deposit feeder 

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:

• Prothalotia chlorites
• Prothalotia flindersi
• Prothalotia lehmanni
• Prothalotia lesueuri
• Prothalotia porteri
• 
  Prothalotia pulcherrima
  Wunderschöne Juwelen-Kreiselschnecke, Schöne Cantharidus
• Prothalotia ramburi
• Prothalotia suturalis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-06-08 10:53:56 

Last edit:

2025-06-27 14:55:41 

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