ʻO ke kuini wahine a i ʻole mōʻī wahine, nona ka inoa ʻepekema ʻo strombus snail, o ka ʻohana Strombidae, kahi ʻūlū ʻai nui. ʻO ia kekahi o nā invertebrates i loaʻa i loko o ka wai maʻemaʻe a pāpaʻu a aia ma nā wahi one a me nā mauʻu kai. Hiki i 25 knm.
ʻO ka maʻamau no nā snails e hui pū i nā hui nui o ka nui e like me ka ʻimi ʻana i ka pale. I ka wā ʻōpio i uhi i waena o ka makahiki mua a me ka lua o ke ola, e lilo lākou i ʻai na ka ula a me ka iʻa kukuna. Once loaʻa iā lākou ua hōʻea i kona ulu ʻana a neʻe ia e noho i nā ʻākoʻakoʻa a me nā ʻae one e hoʻohua hou ai. I kēia manawa, ʻo ka heʻe a me ka ʻai kanaka ka mea nui nāna e hee.
I ka manawa he makua, he lehelehe ʻano ko ka pūpū o ka hika. I ka ʻāpana mua aia ke kahawai siphonal a ma ka ʻāpana hope nā spine e hana ana i ka huli. E hoʻomohala kēia mau ʻōwili i ka manawa like me ke kī.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka hū e ka ʻahu, mau maka maka e like me ke ʻano o nā hake. Loaʻa iā ia kahi pākuʻi tubular ma ke poʻo e hoʻohana ai ia e hānai iā ia iho i ʻike ʻia he proboscis. E hoʻopau me kahi operculum e uhi i ka puka o ka pūpū.
Mālama i ka aquarium
Manao ia a invertebrate me ke kūpaʻa nui, no laila ʻaʻole lākou e pono e mālama nui inā mālama lākou i nā palena kūpono o ka maikaʻi o ka wai. Ma muli o kā lākou nui nui e pono ai lākou i nā nui o ka substrate. No kēia kumu, pono ka nui o ka aquarium e ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o 200 l o kēlā me kēia kuhū, ʻo ia nā aquarium o ka nui o ke kiʻekiʻena inā makemake mākou e loaʻa i hoʻokahi kikoʻī.
ʻOiai he detrivore, hānai ia i nā koena palaho o ka substrate, no laila e mālama a hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka lalo o kā mākou pahu iʻa, hiki iā lākou ke e hānai ana i nā mea kanu e like me ka limu filamentous.
E lilo i mea mua e wehewehe