Vasula deltoidea Deltoid Rocksnail, Deltoid Rock Shell, Deltoid Dog Winkle

Vasula deltoidea is commonly referred to as Deltoid Rocksnail, Deltoid Rock Shell, Deltoid Dog Winkle. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18137 

AphiaID:

714225 

Scientific:

Vasula deltoidea 

German:

Delta-Purpurschnecke 

English:

Deltoid Rocksnail, Deltoid Rock Shell, Deltoid Dog Winkle 

Category:

Моллюски 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricidae (Family) > Vasula (Genus) > deltoidea (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1822 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Aruba, Belize, Bonaire, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, USA, Venezuela 

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:

0 - 12 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rock crevices, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.79" - 1.97" (2,5cm - 5,5cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 86 °F (20°C - 30°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Predatory, Snails 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Vasula deltoidea
  Delta-Purpurschnecke
• Vasula melones
• 
  Vasula speciosa
  Wohlgestaltete Vasula, Stachelschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-02-10 16:26:49 

Last edit:

2026-02-10 16:40:48 

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