Phos textus Woven Pacific Phos, Blue-mouth Phos

Phos textus is commonly referred to as Woven Pacific Phos, Blue-mouth Phos. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

18456 

AphiaID:

217061 

Scientific:

Phos textus 

German:

Gewebte Pazifik Phos, Blaumund Phos 

English:

Woven Pacific Phos, Blue-mouth Phos 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Nassariidae (Family) > Phos (Genus) > textus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gmelin, ), 1791 

Occurrence:

Indian Ocean, Java, Mascarene Islands, Philippines, Solomon Islands 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

1 - 15 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral rubble substrate, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.39" - 1.18" (1,5cm - 3,0cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Carrion 

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:

• Phos alabastrum
• 
  Phos blainvillei
  Blainvilles Phos, Schlammschnecke
• Phos crassus
• Phos cyanostoma
• Phos deforgesi
• Phos dumalis
• Phos gladysiae
• Phos hirasei
• Phos muriculatus
• Phos nodicostatus
• 
  Phos roseatus
  Rosy Phos
• Phos sculptilis
• 
  Phos senticosus
  Kleine Dornenschnecke
• Phos temperatus
• Phos textilis
• 
  Phos textus
  Gewebte Pazifik Phos, Blaumund Phos
• Phos vandenberghi
• Phos virgatus
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-07-04 16:02:22 

Last edit:

2026-07-04 16:14:32 

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