Macrostrombus costatus Milk conch

Macrostrombus costatus is commonly referred to as Milk conch. 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:

13089 

AphiaID:

1429775 

Scientific:

Macrostrombus costatus 

German:

Milchige Flügelschnecke, Milchige Fechterschnecke 

English:

Milk Conch 

Category:

Ślimaki 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Strombidae (Family) > Macrostrombus (Genus) > costatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gmelin, ), 1791 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Guadeloupe, Suriname, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nicaragua, North Pacific (Ocean), Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Atlantic, The Bahamas, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S. 

Sea depth:

2 - 55 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Coral reefs, Sandy sea floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows 

Size:

6.3" - 9.06" (16cm - 23,1cm) 

Temperature:

25,4 °F - 28,0 °F (25,4°C - 28,0°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Macrostrombus costatus
  Milchige Flügelschnecke, Milchige Fechterschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-06-07 22:07:33 

Last edit:

2024-05-05 10:32:35 

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