Phanerophthalmus lentigines Headshield Slug

Phanerophthalmus lentigines is commonly referred to as Headshield Slug. 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:

13434 

AphiaID:

1313730 

Scientific:

Phanerophthalmus lentigines 

German:

Kopfschildschnecke 

English:

Headshield Slug 

Category:

Headshield slugs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Haminoeidae (Family) > Phanerophthalmus (Genus) > lentigines (Species) 

Initial determination:

Austin, Gosliner & Malaquias, 2018 

Occurrence:

China, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, The Ryukyu Islands 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Food:

algae grazer, epiphytes feeder 

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:

• Phanerophthalmus albocollaris
• Phanerophthalmus collaris
• Phanerophthalmus cylindricus
• Phanerophthalmus engeli
• Phanerophthalmus luteus
• Phanerophthalmus pauper
• Phanerophthalmus smaragdinus

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Phanerophthalmus anettae
  Kopfschildschnecke
• 
  Phanerophthalmus lentigines
  Kopfschildschnecke
• 
  Phanerophthalmus olivaceus
  Kopfschildschnecke
• 
  Phanerophthalmus perpallidus
  Kopfschildschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-12-13 20:41:39 

Last edit:

2020-12-13 20:41:39 

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