Scorpion wing snail
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The scorpion wing snail or gnarled wing snail , also scorpion snail ( Lambis scorpius ) is a snail from the family of pteropods (genus Lambis ), which is widespread in the Malay Archipelago and in the western Pacific .
features
The elongated egg-shaped, humped, humped and nodular, crosswise furrowed snail shell of Lambis scorpius reaches a length of 13 to 17 cm in adult snails. At the edge of the mouth (including the siphon canal) sit 7 finger-like, curved, lengthwise nodular appendages, of which the siphon canal, curved like a scorpion's tail, is the longest and the middle ones are the shortest. The surface of the case is white with red spots, the mouth and throat purple-red with white horizontal wrinkles.
distribution and habitat
The scorpion wing snail occurs in the tropical west Pacific , from western Indonesia to western Polynesia , from southern Japan to northern Queensland ( Australia ) and to New Caledonia .
The snail lives in protected areas of coral reefs under rocks, in the shallow water of the intertidal zone and a little below to a depth of about 5 meters. Like other wing snails, it feeds on algae .
Use and hazard
Lambis scorpius is collected for its case, which is sold as jewelry.
Web links
- Strombidae: Lambis scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) . From: JM Poutiers: Gastropods . In: Kent E. Carpenter, Volker H. Niem (eds.): FAO Species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 1: Seaweeds, corals, bivalves and gastropods. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 1998. p. 478.
- Fischhaus Zepkow: Family Strombidae - winged snails
- Underwater Kwajalein: Lambis scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Individual evidence
- ^ C. Brüggemann (1838): The natural history in faithful illustrations and with a detailed description of the same. Eduard Eisenach publisher, Leipzig 1838. Die Weichthiere, p. 77. The knotted wing snail . Scorpio power bus s. scorpius L. et nodosa Encycl.
annotation
- ↑ Not to be confused with the Homalocantha scorpio , also known as the scorpion snail , which also lives in Southeast Asia, but belongs to the group of spiny snails .