Euprotomus vomer Vormer conch

Euprotomus vomer is commonly referred to as Vormer conch. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9653 

AphiaID:

594563 

Scientific:

Euprotomus vomer 

German:

Vomer Fechterschnecke 

English:

Vormer Conch 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Strombidae (Family) > Euprotomus (Genus) > vomer (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Röding, ), 1798 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Lembeh Strait, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Philippines, Sulawesi 

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:

16 - 81 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

2.17" - 3.94" (5.5cm - 10cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Detritus, No reliable information available 

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:

• Euprotomus aratrum
• 
  Euprotomus aurisdianae
  Ohr-Flügelschnecke
• Euprotomus aurora
• 
  Euprotomus bulla
  Blasen-Flügelschnecke, Blasen-Fechterschnecke
• Euprotomus chrysostomus
• Euprotomus hawaiensis
• Euprotomus iredalei
• 
  Euprotomus vomer
  Vomer Fechterschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-04-19 20:02:53 

Last edit:

2024-11-15 20:35:27 

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