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Herpetopoma bellum Top Shell

Herpetopoma bellum is commonly referred to as Top 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.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Herpetopoma bellum,Región de Auckland, Nueva Zelanda 2024


Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
16783 
AphiaID:
598367 
Scientific:
Herpetopoma bellum 
German:
Kreiselschnecke 
English:
Top Shell 
Category:
Ślimaki 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Seguenziida (Order) > Chilodontaidae (Family) > Herpetopoma (Genus) > bellum (Species) 
Initial determination:
(F. W. Hutton, ), 1873 
Occurrence:
Chatham Islands, Endemic species, New Zealand, Tasmania (Australia) 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils, Tide pools / rock pools 
Size:
0" - 0" (0,4cm - 0,55cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 60.8 °F (°C - 16°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Deposit feeder 
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:
  • Herpetopoma alacerrimum
  • Herpetopoma annectans
  • Herpetopoma aspersum
  • Herpetopoma atratum
  • Herpetopoma barbieri
  • Herpetopoma bellum
    Kreiselschnecke
  • Herpetopoma benthicola
  • Herpetopoma corallinum
  • Herpetopoma corrugatum
  • Herpetopoma crassilabrum
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-09-23 17:41:42 

Info

Herpetopoma bellum (F. W. Hutton, 1873)

Feeds on algae and debris. Herpetopoma bellum is common under stones at low tide, often covered by a bright red or orange sponge.

This species is endemic to New Zealand.

Synonymised names
Euchelus bellus F. W. Hutton, 1873 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Herpetopoma bella [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
Huttonia iricolor T. W. Kirk, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

  1. New Zealand Mollusca (en). Abgerufen am 23.09.2024.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 23.09.2024.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 23.09.2024.

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Commonly

Herpetopoma bellum,Auckland, New Zealand 2021
Herpetopoma bellum,Auckland, New Zealand 2022
Herpetopoma bellum,Under low tide rocks, North Shore, Hauraki, Auckland, New Zealand 2022
Herpetopoma bellum,Región de Auckland, Nueva Zelanda 2024
Herpetopoma bellum,Región de Auckland, Nueva Zelanda 2024

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