Glossus humanus Ox-heart Clam, Heart cockle

Glossus humanus is commonly referred to as Ox-heart Clam, Heart cockle. 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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lexID:

7127 

AphiaID:

140023 

Scientific:

Glossus humanus 

German:

Ochsenherz 

English:

Ox-heart Clam, Heart Cockle 

Category:

Sea Shells 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Venerida (Order) > Glossidae (Family) > Glossus (Genus) > humanus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, Bay of Biscay, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Greenland, Iceland, Israel, Morocco, Northern Africa, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Size:

2.36" - 6.3" (6cm - 16cm) 

Temperature:

35.6 °F - 82.4 °F (2°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

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 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Glossus humanus
  Ochsenherz

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-05-09 20:33:52 

Last edit:

2014-05-09 20:33:52 

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