Ecology
Habitat
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 119 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 1.4 - 104
Temperature range (°C): 13.728 - 28.496
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.033 - 2.747
Salinity (PPS): 34.440 - 35.565
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.488 - 5.686
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.067 - 0.352
Silicate (umol/l): 0.873 - 3.150
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 1.4 - 104
Temperature range (°C): 13.728 - 28.496
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.033 - 2.747
Salinity (PPS): 34.440 - 35.565
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.488 - 5.686
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.067 - 0.352
Silicate (umol/l): 0.873 - 3.150
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Pleuroploca
Pleuroploca is a genus of very large predatory sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, which includes the spindle shells, the tulip shells and other allied genera.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Pleuroplaca : [2]
- Pleuroploca acutispsira (Strebel, 1911)
- Pleuroploca aurantiaca (Lamarck, 1816)
- Pleuroploca australasia (Perry, 1811)
- Pleuroploca buxeus (Reeve, 1847)
- Pleuroploca clava (Jonas, 1846)
- Pleuroploca filamentosa (Röding, 1798)
- Pleuroploca granosa (Broderip, 1832)
- Pleuroploca granulilabris Vermeij & Snyder, 2004
- Pleuroploca lugubris (A. Adams & Reeve in Reeve, 1847)
- Pleuroploca lyonsi Bozzetti, 2008
- Pleuroploca manuelae Bozzetti, 2008
- Pleuroploca princeps (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Pleuroploca salmo (Wood, 1828)
- Pleuroploca scholvieni (Strebel, 1911)
- Pleuroploca trapezium (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pleuroploca wattersae (Kilburn, 1974)
A well known species which was formerly within the genus Pleuroploca is:[3]
- Pleuroploca gigantea now recognized as Triplofusus giganteus (Kiener, 1840)
References
- ^ Fischer P. (1884). Man. Conch.: 616.
- ^ WoRMS : Pleuroplaca; accession date : 10 September 2010
- ^ [1]
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