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Atys sp.02 Bubble Snail, Headshield Slug

Atys sp.02 is commonly referred to as Bubble Snail, 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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Atys sp. Taiwan 2022


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lexID:
15180 
AphiaID:
138052 
Scientific:
Atys sp.02 
German:
Blasenschnecke 
English:
Bubble Snail, Headshield Slug 
Category:
Headshield slugs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Haminoeidae (Family) > Atys (Genus) > sp.02 (Species) 
Initial determination:
Montfort, 1810 
Occurrence:
Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
1 - 3 Meter 
Size:
1,5 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Detritus 
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:
  • Atys angustatus
  • Atys bicolor
  • Atys caribaeus
  • Atys castus
  • Atys chelidon
  • Atys chimera
  • Atys ehrenbergi
  • Atys exaratus
  • Atys guildingi
  • Atys hyalinus
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-09-18 12:49:56 

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Atys sp. 02

Snails genus Haminoeidae have a bubble shaped shell.Therefore it is called bubble snails.All Haminoeidae snails are herbivorous.

Atys Bubble snails feeds on algae and vegetable detritus.This species is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific.

Description Atys sp.02: Body translucent white with black pigment; Shell translucent cylindrical with prominet strations; opaque white and brown spots visible below the surface of the shell. Burrows in fine sandy substrates on 1-3m Tiefe.

Unfortunately there is no more information available and we would be grateful for any supplementary references.

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

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 18.09.2022.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 18.09.2022.

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