Agathistoma fasciatum Silky Tegula, Smooth Atlantic Tegula

Agathistoma fasciatum is commonly referred to as Silky Tegula, Smooth Atlantic Tegula. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

18148 

AphiaID:

1557229 

Scientific:

Agathistoma fasciatum 

German:

Seidige Turbanschnecke 

English:

Silky Tegula, Smooth Atlantic Tegula 

Category:

Ślimaki 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Tegulidae (Family) > Agathistoma (Genus) > fasciatum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Born, ), 1778 

Occurrence:

Aruba, Belize, Bonaire, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Panama, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, USA 

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:

0 - 90 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1,6cm - 2,2cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Debris (Feed remains) 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Agathistoma eiseni
  Westliche Gebänderte Tegula
• 
  Agathistoma fasciatum
  Seidige Turbanschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-02-13 12:34:04 

Last edit:

2026-02-13 12:49:49 

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