Striped seasnail
📖 Overview
Occurs from the subtidal zone to less than 300 m . Feeds primarily on crustaceans, occasionally fishes and polychaetes . Spawns in the winter .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Suction disc much larger than the eye diameter. Dorsal and anal fins overlap with the caudal fin. Two nostrils on each side of the snout .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Striped seasnail is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Striped seasnail is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Striped seasnail is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 3 - 78 m . Temperate; 81°N - 48°N, 25°W - 62°E Northeast Atlantic: southern Norway north to Barents Sea including Novaya Zemlya, Spitsbergen and Bear Island, also Iceland.
🌿 Ecology
crustaceans, occasionally fishes and polychaetes (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Common Sea Snail · Ringbug · sea snail · sea-snail · Striped seasnail · Striped seasnail, Sea-snail · Unctuous Sucker |
| 🌍CES | terčovka velká |
| 🌍CYM | iâr fôr lysnafeddog · Ieir Môr Llysnafeddog |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Finnebræmmet Ringbug |
| 🇩🇪German | Grosser Scheibenbauch |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Imukala |
| 🇫🇷French | grande limace de mer · Limace barrée · Limace de mer |
| 🌍ISL | Stóri sogfiskur |
| 🌍LAV | plakšnzivs · Plūkšņzivs |
| 🌍LIT | gleivys |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Gewone slakdolf · Slakdolf |
| 🌍NNO | finnebremma ringbuk · vanleg ringbuk |
| 🌍NOB | finnebremmet ringbuk · vanlig ringbuk |
| 🇳🇴Norwegian | Ringbuker · Vanlig ringbuk |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Dennik |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Peixe-caracol-do-Atlântico |
| 🇷🇺Russian | липарис |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Ringbuk · Större ringbuk |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 25 records indexed .
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