Tectus triserialis Tall Top Shell

Tectus triserialis is commonly referred to as Tall Top 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:

14905 

AphiaID:

567235 

Scientific:

Tectus triserialis 

German:

Hohe-Kreiselschnecke 

English:

Tall Top Shell 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Tegulidae (Family) > Tectus (Genus) > triserialis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1822 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indonesia, Marschall Islands, Philippines, Queensland (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:

3 - 20 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.79" - 2.36" (2cm - 6cm) 

Temperature:

26,2 °F - 29,3 °F (26,2°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Detritus, Diatoms 

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:

• 
  Tectus dentatus
  Gezähnte-Kreiselschnecke
• Tectus elatus
• 
  Tectus fenestratus
  Fenster-Kreiselschnecke
• Tectus magnificus
• Tectus mauritianus
• Tectus maximus
• Tectus niloticus
• 
  Tectus pyramis
  Pyramiden-Kreiselschnecke
• Tectus royanus
• Tectus tentorium
• 
  Tectus triserialis
  Hohe-Kreiselschnecke
• Tectus virgatus
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-06-16 20:32:17 

Last edit:

2025-09-06 16:35:49 

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