Harpago chiragra Chiragra Spider Conch, Gouty Spider Conch

Harpago chiragra is commonly referred to as Chiragra Spider Conch, Gouty Spider Conch. 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:

3130 

AphiaID:

564725 

Scientific:

Harpago chiragra 

German:

Chiragra Spinnenschnecke, Großer Bootshaken 

English:

Chiragra Spider Conch, Gouty Spider Conch 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Strombidae (Family) > Harpago (Genus) > chiragra (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, East Africa, Guam, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands) 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

up to 10.24" (26 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Detritus 

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:

• 
  Harpago arthriticus
  Arthritische Spinnenschnecke
• 
  Harpago chiragra
  Chiragra Spinnenschnecke, Großer Bootshaken

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-04-25 11:21:57 

Last edit:

2022-03-07 19:28:58 

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