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Amonovula piriei Pirie's Egg Cowrie

Amonovula piriei is commonly referred to as Pirie's Egg Cowrie. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
6868 
AphiaID:
1379318 
Scientific:
Amonovula piriei 
German:
Eischnecke 
English:
Pirie's Egg Cowrie 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Amonovula (Genus) > piriei (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Petuch, ), 1973 
Occurrence:
Cebu ((Philippines), Indonesia, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Philippines, Raja Amat, Western Pacific 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:
5 - 50 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.28" - 0.87" (0.7cm - 2.2cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-12-06 20:06:15 

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Amonovula piriei (Petuch, 1973)

Prosimnia pirieiAmonovula piriei pustules. It lifes on the sea fan Anella reticulata and feed on their polyps.

Synonymised names:
Primovula piriei Petuch, 1973 (original combination)
Prosimnia piriei (Petuch, 1973)

External links

  1. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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