Turritella carinifera Carinate Screw Shell

Turritella carinifera is commonly referred to as Carinate Screw Shell. 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.

Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Turritella carinifera (Threaded screw shell)

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Scientific:: Turritella carinifera
German:: Turmschnecke
English:: Carinate Screw Shell

Category:: Ślimaki

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Turritellidae (Family) > Turritella (Genus) > carinifera (Species)
Initial determination:: Lamarck, 1822

Occurrence:: Namibia, Northern Africa, South-Africa
Sea depth:: 7 - 100 Meter
Size:: 1.18" - 3.94" (3,8cm - 10.0cm)
Temperature:: 50 °F - 68 °F (10°C - 20°C)
Food:: Filter feeder
Tank:: 11 gal (~ 50L)
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Turritella acropora
Turritella alba
Turritella algida
Turritella anactor
Turritella annulata
Turritella attenuata
Turmschnecke
Turritella aurocincta
Turritella bacillum
Turritella banksii
Turritella bayeri
Turritella bicingulata
Turritella binaestriata
Turritella broderipiana
Turritella caelata
Turritella capensis
Turritella captiva
Turritella carinifera
Turmschnecke
Turritella chrysotoxa
Turritella cingulata
Turritella cingulifera
Turritella clarionensis
Turritella cochlea
Turritella columnaris
Turritella communis
Turritella congelata
Turritella conspersa
Turritella cooperi
Turritella coreanica
Turritella cornea
Turritella couteaudi
Turritella decipiens
Turritella declivis
Turritella dirkhartogensis
Turritella duplicata
Turritella elachista
Turritella exoleta
Turritella fastigiata
Turritella fuscomaculata
Turritella gemmata
Turritella gonostoma
Turritella hastula
Turritella hookeri
Turritella incolor
Turritella infraconstricta
Turritella leeuwinensis
Turritella lentiginosa
Turritella leucostoma
Turritella ligar
Turritella lindae
Turritella lyonsi
Turritella maculata
Turmschnecke
Turritella marianopsis
Turritella monilis
Turritella natalensis
Turritella nebulosa
Turritella nivea
Turritella nodulosa
Turritella parkeri
Turritella radula
Turritella rubescens
Turritella sanguinea
Turritella terebra
Turritella torulosa
Turritella trisulcata
Turritella turbona
Turritella ungulina
Turritella variegata
Turritella wareni
Turritella willetti
Turritella yucatecana

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2018-08-16 12:18:56
Last edit:: 2018-08-16 12:24:44

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Turritella carinifera Lamarck, 1822

Turritella carinifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.
Found on mud flats at low tide.

Turritella carinifera belongs to the family Turritellidae.Auger shell have a slim body with spiral sculpture. The operculum is horny. Turritella communis are found worldwide, living on sand and mud flats.This shell is a Filter feeders , that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from the water.

This shell is common. It lives at depths of 7-200 m.Lokal experience these snails on masse.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) >Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) >Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Caenogastropoda (Order) > Cerithioidea (Superfamily) > Turritellidae (Family) > Turritellinae (Subfamily) >Turritella (Genus)

External links

Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Turritella carinifera (Threaded screw shell)

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