Dentiovula dorsuosa Violet Egg Cowrie

Dentiovula dorsuosa is commonly referred to as Violet Egg Cowrie. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

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Scientific:: Dentiovula dorsuosa
German:: Violette Eischnecke
English:: Violet Egg Cowrie

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Dentiovula (Genus) > dorsuosa (Species)
Initial determination:: (Hinds, ), 1844

Occurrence:: Sudan, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Marschall Islands, Philippines, Raja Amat, Red Sea
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 0.28" - 0.71" (0.7cm - 1.8cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Coral polyps = corallivorous, Food specialist, Parasitic
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Dentiovula colobica
Dentiovula deforgesi
Dentiovula dorsuosa
Violette Eischnecke
Dentiovula lorenzi
Dentiovula masaoi

More related species in this lexicon:

Dentiovula eizoi
Eizos Eischnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-10-14 19:54:43
Last edit:: 2021-10-13 18:05:23

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Dentiovula dorsuosa (Hinds, 1844)

Dentiovula dorsuosa is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae,commonly known as the ovulids, cowrie allies or false cowries.

This species feeds on several kind of soft corals, including Siphonogorgia and Dendronephthya.

Synonym:
Ovulum dorsuosum

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Ovulidae (Family) > Prionovolvinae (Subfamily) > Dentiovula (Genus) > Dentiovula dorsuosa (Species)

External links

Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Dr. Paddy Ryan (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Host association and external morphology of Dentiovula dorsuosa from the Red Sea (Prosobranchia, Caenogastropoda,Ovulidae) (en). Abgerufen am 29.08.2021.
Poppe Images Photo Gallery (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
underwaterkwaj.com (en). Abgerufen am 29.08.2021.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Dentiovula dorsuosa Violet egg cowrie, Kri eco, Raja Ampat cowrie, Kri Eco-2727

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