Globovula sphaera Sphere Egg Cowrie

Globovula sphaera is commonly referred to as Sphere Egg Cowrie. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

4654 

AphiaID:

430568 

Scientific:

Globovula sphaera 

German:

Kugel Eischnecke 

English:

Sphere Egg Cowrie 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Globovula (Genus) > sphaera (Species) 

Initial determination:

C. N. Cate, 1973 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bali, Indonesia, Taiwan 

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:

On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.39" - 0.39" (1,0cm - 1,8cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, 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:

• 
  Globovula cavanaghi
  Cavanaghs Eischnecke
• 
  Globovula sphaera
  Kugel Eischnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-09-19 10:26:55 

Last edit:

2024-10-01 13:35:25 

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