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Diniatys dubius Dubious Bubble

Diniatys dubius is commonly referred to as Dubious Bubble . Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
10537 
AphiaID:
599460 
Scientific:
Diniatys dubius 
German:
Dubiose Blasenschnecke 
English:
Dubious Bubble  
Category:
Headshield slugs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Haminoeidae (Family) > Diniatys (Genus) > dubius (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Schepman, ), 1913 
Occurrence:
Hawaii, Papua New Guinea 
Sea depth:
1 - 183 Meter 
Size:
0.39" - 0.79" (1,9cm - 2,6cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 71.6 °F (°C - 22°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Food specialist 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2017-03-15 17:59:39 

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Diniatys dubius (Schepman, 1913)

Diniatys dubius is a bubble snail belongs to the Family Haminoeidae. Bubble snails have a bubble shaped,transparent, tin and ovoid shell.This bubble snail can be found in mixed habitats,sand and in Halimeda kanaloana beds.

It probably feeds on cyanophytes growing both on the sand and Halimeda.The white egg masses are usually attached to the tips of Halimeda branches.

In many sources thie species listed as Diniatys dubia.

Synonym:
Haminea dubia

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Haminoeoidea (Superfamily) > Haminoeidae (Family) > Diniatys (Genus) > Diniatys dubius (Species)

External links

  1. Seaslugs of Hawaii (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Spawn

Diniatys dubia - with a bubble egg mass

Commonly

Diniatys dubius
Red-net Diniatus - Diniatys dubius, 2019

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