Lunella smaragdus Cats Eye Snail

Lunella smaragdus is commonly referred to as Cats Eye Snail. 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:

12712 

AphiaID:

1787228 

Scientific:

Lunella smaragdus 

German:

Katzenauge, Turbanschnecke 

English:

Cats Eye Snail 

Category:

Ślimaki 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Turbinidae (Family) > Lunella (Genus) > smaragdus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gmelin, ), 1791 

Occurrence:

Endemic species, New Zealand 

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:

Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1.18" - 2.76" (3,5cm - 7cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Detritus 

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:

• 
  Lunella cinerea
  Glatte Mondschnecke, Aschgraue Mondschnecke
• 
  Lunella coronata
  Kronenturbanschnecke
• Lunella correensis
• Lunella granulata
• Lunella jungi
• Lunella moniliformis
• Lunella ogasawarana
• Lunella smaragda
• 
  Lunella torquata
  Turban-Schnecke, Sydney Turban
• 
  Lunella undulata
  Gehäuseschnecke
• Lunella viridicallus
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Lunella smaragdus
  Katzenauge, Turbanschnecke
• 
  Lunella sp.01
  Turbanschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-01-19 20:16:37 

Last edit:

2026-01-15 16:11:51 

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