Euplica scripta Dotted Dove Snail, Lettered Dove Shell

Euplica scriptais commonly referred to as Dotted Dove Snail, Lettered Dove Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

14087 

AphiaID:

511780 

Scientific:

Euplica scripta 

German:

Beschriebene-Täubchenschnecke 

English:

Dotted Dove Snail, Lettered Dove Shell 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Columbellidae (Family) > Euplica (Genus) > scripta (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1822 

Occurrence:

Guatemala, Madagascar, New Caledonia, Philippines, Singapore, Vanuatu 

Sea depth:

0 - 20 Meter 

Habitats:

Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1,5cm - 2,0cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Diatoms, No reliable information available 

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:

• Euplica bidentata
• Euplica borealis
• Euplica brunnidentata
• Euplica deshayesii
• 
  Euplica festiva
  Täubchenschnecke
• 
  Euplica ionida
  Täubschneschnecke
• Euplica livescens
• Euplica loisae
• 
  Euplica scripta
  Beschriebene-Täubchenschnecke
• 
  Euplica turturina
  Schildkröten-Täubchenschnecke
• 
  Euplica varians
  Variable Täubchenschnecke
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Euplica sp.
  Täubchenschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2021-09-10 20:35:50 

Last edit:

2024-03-10 17:00:18 

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