Ctenoides ales Electric flame scallop, Disco Clam

Ctenoides ales is commonly referred to as Electric flame scallop, Disco Clam. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7654 

AphiaID:

505431 

Scientific:

Ctenoides ales 

German:

Leucht-Feilenmuschel 

English:

Electric Flame Scallop, Disco Clam 

Category:

Muslinger 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Limida (Order) > Limidae (Family) > Ctenoides (Genus) > ales (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Finlay, ), 1927 

Occurrence:

Australia, China, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Palau, Philippines, Raja Amat, Taiwan, Thailand 

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:

5 - 20 Meter 

Size:

2.36" - 2.76" (6cm - 7cm) 

Temperature:

74.48 °F - 84.02 °F (23.6°C - 28.9°C) 

Food:

Living Food, Plankton 

Tank:

65.99 gal (~ 300L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Ctenoides ales
  Leucht-Feilenmuschel
• 
  Ctenoides annulatus
  Feilenmuschel
• Ctenoides catherinae
• Ctenoides concentricus
• Ctenoides lischkei
• Ctenoides miamiensis
• Ctenoides mitis
• Ctenoides obliquus
• Ctenoides philippinarum
• Ctenoides planulatus
• 
  Ctenoides scaber
  Raue Feilenmuschel
• Ctenoides suavis
• Ctenoides symmetricus
• Ctenoides vokesi
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-10-31 12:07:41 

Last edit:

2014-10-31 12:07:41 

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