Ranularia pyrum Pear Triton

Ranularia pyrum is commonly referred to as Pear Triton. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

15675 

AphiaID:

476557 

Scientific:

Ranularia pyrum 

German:

Birnen-Tritonshorn 

English:

Pear Triton 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cymatiidae (Family) > Ranularia (Genus) > pyrum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Indian Ocean, Lembeh Strait, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, Philippines, Red Sea, South-Africa 

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:

0 - 25 Meter 

Size:

1.97" - 5.12" (5cm - 13cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Predatory, Sea urchins, Snails 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Ranularia andamanensis
• Ranularia arthuri
• Ranularia boschi
• Ranularia caudata
• Ranularia cynocephala
• Ranularia dunkeri
• 
  Ranularia gutturnia
  Orangemund-Tritonshorn
• Ranularia rehderi
• Ranularia sarcostoma

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Ranularia pyrum
  Birnen-Tritonshorn

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2023-04-11 19:40:38 

Last edit:

2023-04-11 19:46:33 

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