Chelidonura hirundinina Swallotail Headshield Slug, Leech Aglaja

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lexID:

6682 

Scientific:

Chelidonura hirundinina 

German:

Kopfschildschnecke 

English:

Swallotail Headshield Slug, Leech Aglaja 

Category:

Headshield slugs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Aglajidae (Family) > Chelidonura (Genus) > hirundinina (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) 

Occurrence:

Australia, Cuba, Fiji, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Jamaica, Malaysia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, the Caribbean 

Size:

up to 1.57" (4 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Food specialist, Turbellaria ("Planaria") 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Chelidonura africana
  Kopfschildschnecke
• Chelidonura alexisi
• Chelidonura alisonae
• 
  Chelidonura amoena
  Kopfschildschnecke
• Chelidonura berolina
• Chelidonura castanea
• Chelidonura cubana
• 
  Chelidonura electra
  Kopfschildschnecke
• 
  Chelidonura flavolobata
  Kopfschildschnecke
• Chelidonura fulvipunctata
• 
  Chelidonura hirundinina
  Kopfschildschnecke
• 
  Chelidonura inornata
  Kopfschildschnecke
• Chelidonura juancarlosi
• Chelidonura larramendii
• Chelidonura leopoldoi
• 
  Chelidonura livida
  Kopfschildschnecke
• 
  Chelidonura mandroroa
  Kopfschildschnecke
• Chelidonura mariagordae
• Chelidonura orchidaea
• 
  Chelidonura pallida
  Blasse Kopfschildschnecke
• Chelidonura perparva
• Chelidonura punctata
• Chelidonura pusilla
• Chelidonura quadrata
• Chelidonura sabina
• 
  Chelidonura sandrana
  Kopfschildschnecke
• Chelidonura tsurugensis
• 
  Chelidonura varians
  Veränderliche Kopfschildschnecke
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Chelidonura sp.01
  Kopfschildschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-01-28 20:12:08 

Last edit:

2014-01-28 20:12:08 

Husbandry

Chelidonura hirundinina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Chelidonura hirundinina grows up to 4,0 cm in length.The body color can be red, orange, dark brown or black with blue, black and orange stripes.It has a long forked tail.This species feed on small flatworms.

Synonym:
Bulla hirundinina
Chelidonura philinopsis

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Philinoidea (Superfamily) > Aglajidae (Family) > Chelidonura (Genus)

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