Pusia cubana Cuban Miter

Pusia cubana is commonly referred to as Cuban Miter. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

16249 

AphiaID:

1821124 

Scientific:

Pusia cubana 

German:

Kubanische Pusia 

English:

Cuban Miter 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Costellariidae (Family) > Pusia (Genus) > cubana (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Aguayo & Rehder, ), 1936 

Occurrence:

Brazil, Cuba, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, West-Atlantic Ocean 

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 - 780 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1,3 cm 

Temperature:

53.6 °F - 23,8 °F (12°C - 23,8°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, No reliable information available, Predatory 

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:

• Pusia voncoseli

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pusia cubana
  Kubanische Pusia
• 
  Pusia histrio
  Harlekin Mitra
• 
  Pusia pulchella
  Hübsche Mitra
• 
  Pusia zebrina
  Zebra Schnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-02-13 13:33:15 

Last edit:

2026-01-14 14:03:44 

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