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Cystiscus garretti Garret*s Minute Snail

Cystiscus garretti is commonly referred to as Garret*s Minute Snail. 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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Cystiscus garretti, Nosy Be UW, Madagascar, April-May 2026


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lexID:
17103 
AphiaID:
390464 
Scientific:
Cystiscus garretti 
German:
Garretts Reisschnecke 
English:
Garret*s Minute Snail 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Cystiscidae (Family) > Cystiscus (Genus) > garretti (Species) 
Initial determination:
Wakefield & McCleery, 2006 
Occurrence:
Madagascar, Marschall Islands, the Society Islands, Tuamoto Islands 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
- 1 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Lagoons, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 
Size:
0" - 0" (0,2cm - 0,4cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°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:
  • Cystiscus angasi
  • Cystiscus aphanacme
  • Cystiscus aurantius
  • Cystiscus beqae
  • Cystiscus boucheti
  • Cystiscus bougei
  • Cystiscus bucca
  • Cystiscus caeruleus
  • Cystiscus camelopardalis
  • Cystiscus carinifer
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-06-23 13:55:54 

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Cystiscus garretti Wakefield & McCleery, 2006
Cystiscus is a genus of minute sea snails. The shell of this genus is 1.5 to 10 mm in length, ovoid, stout, with a small, low spire. The head is deeply divided in two. There are two short cephalic tentacles and two small anterior lobes. The eyes are a short distance behinde the tentacles.

External links

  1. .underwaterkwaj (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2024.
  2. Biodiversity of Heritage Library (en). Abgerufen am 23.06.2026.

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Cystiscus garretti, Nosy Be UW, Madagascar, April-May 2026
Cystiscus garretti, Nosy Be UW, Madagascar, April-May 2026
Cystiscus an der Wasseroberfläche laufend.
Cystiscus
Cystiscus
Cystiscus sp., 2mm, Kwajalein
Cystiscus sp., 2mm, Kwajalein

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