Marshallora adversa Reversed Needle-welk

Marshallora adversa is commonly referred to as Reversed Needle-welk. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6485 

AphiaID:

141715 

Scientific:

Marshallora adversa 

German:

Linksnadel, Verdrehte Triphora, Verkehrtschnecke 

English:

Reversed Needle-welk 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Triphoridae (Family) > Marshallora (Genus) > adversa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Montagu, ), 1803 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, Belgium, Croatia, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, France, Greece, Italy, Marmara Sea ( Sea of Marmara), North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, Skagerrak (North Sea), Spain, Sweden, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 

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:

1 - 100 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Seawater, Sea water, Sponge areas, Under rocks 

Size:

0.08" - 0.28" (0.2cm - 0.7cm) 

Temperature:

50 °F - 77 °F (10°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

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:

• 
  Marshallora adversa
  Linksnadel, Verdrehte Triphora, Verkehrtschnecke
• Marshallora apexdiversus
• Marshallora bubistae
• Marshallora gutta
• Marshallora mariangelae
• Marshallora modesta
• Marshallora nicaraguensis
• Marshallora nichupte
• Marshallora nigrocincta
• Marshallora ostenta

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-12-06 19:41:55 

Last edit:

2025-09-17 20:00:05 

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