Angaria delphinus Common Delphinula, Dolphin Shell

Angaria delphinus is commonly referred to as Common Delphinula, Dolphin Shell. 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:

999 

AphiaID:

367639 

Scientific:

Angaria delphinus 

German:

Delfinschnecke 

English:

Common Delphinula, Dolphin Shell 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Angariidae (Family) > Angaria (Genus) > delphinus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Madagascar, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Singapore 

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:

1 - 77 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

2.36" - 2.76" (6cm - 7,3cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, 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:

• Angaria aculeata
• Angaria carmencita
• 
  Angaria delphinus
  Delfinschnecke
• Angaria formosa
• Angaria fratrummonsecourorum
• Angaria javanica
• Angaria lilianae
• Angaria melanacantha
• Angaria monsecourorum
• Angaria nasui
• Angaria neglecta
• Angaria neocaledonica
• Angaria nhatrangensis
• Angaria nodosa
• Angaria poppei
• Angaria rubrovaria
• Angaria rugosa
• Angaria scalospinosa
• 
  Angaria sphaerula
  Kieners Delphinschnecke
• Angaria turpini
• Angaria tyria
• Angaria vicdani
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Angaria exasperata
  Knotige Delphinschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-25 22:02:29 

Last edit:

2026-05-06 19:22:17 

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