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Trivia monacha Spotted Cowrie

Trivia monacha is commonly referred to as Spotted Cowrie. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
6118 
AphiaID:
141744 
Scientific:
Trivia monacha 
German:
Gerippte Scheinkaurischnecke, Europäische Kauri 
English:
Spotted Cowrie 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Triviidae (Family) > Trivia (Genus) > monacha (Species) 
Initial determination:
(da Costa, ), 1778 
Occurrence:
European Coasts, Northeast Atlantic, Scotland, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea 
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:
Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 0.59" (1.5 cm) 
Temperature:
50 °F - 77 °F (10°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Food specialist, Sea squirts 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-02-29 14:55:14 

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Trivia monacha (da Costa, 1778)

Trivia monacha belongs to the family Triviidae.This snails are food specialists, feeding on sea squirts (Ascidiae-Botryllus schlosseri, Botrylloides leachii and Diplosoma listerianum).

Trivia monacha lives mainly in shallow waters on hard ground, but is also found in deep sea.The shell is similar in form to cowries.

Trivia monacha are 3 points on the shell.Head, tentacles, mantle and foot of Trivia monacha are bright yellow to red, sometimes green.

Distribution area from the Mediterranean to Norway.

Synonymised names
Cypraea coccinella Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted
Cypraea europaea Montagu, 1808 · unaccepted
Cypraea europaea var. tripunctata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 · unaccepted
Cypraea monacha da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted (original combination)
Trivia europaea (Montagu, 1808) · unaccepted
Trivia jousseaumei Locard, 1886 · unaccepted
Trivia merlini Fehse & Van de Haar, 2015 · unaccepted
Trivia procella C. N. Cate, 1979 · unaccepted

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 29.02.2024.
  2. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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