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Vermicularia lumbricalis Florida Wormsnail

Vermicularia lumbricalis is commonly referred to as Florida Wormsnail. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
9468 
AphiaID:
709461 
Scientific:
Vermicularia lumbricalis 
German:
Florida Wurmschnecke 
English:
Florida Wormsnail 
Category:
Моллюски 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda incertae sedis (Order) > Turritellidae (Family) > Vermicularia (Genus) > lumbricalis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Aruba, Bermuda, Bonaire, Cuba, Curacao, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, USA 
Marine Zone:
Supratidal (Supralitoral), spray water area (splash water area) above the tidal influence where the influence of the sea clearly outweighs that of the land. 
Sea depth:
2 - 110 Meter 
Size:
0.79" - 3.94" (2cm - 10cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Mucous net fishing lure, Plankton 
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) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
  • Vermicularia affinis
  • Vermicularia bathyalis
  • Vermicularia fargoi
  • Vermicularia frisbeyae
  • Vermicularia knorrii
  • Vermicularia leptosperma
  • Vermicularia maoriana
  • Vermicularia pellucida
  • Vermicularia radicula
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-10-27 09:55:04 

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Vermicularia lumbricalis (Deshayes, 1843)

The shell of this Florida wormsnail is pale brown,the apex is pure white and translucent.
Vermicularia knorrii is similar to Vermicularia fargoi, but whorls smooth. When it grows the shell becomes loosely and irregular coiled.

Vermicularia lumbricalis can be found to depht of 2-110 m.

A countless number of Vermetid snails built with there calcerous shell so-called Vermetid reefs.

Synonymised names
Serpula lumbricalis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Vermetus knorrii Deshayes, 1843 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (bination)
Vermetus lumbricalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Vermicularia knorrii (Deshayes, 1843) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

  1. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Shellmuseum.org (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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