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

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

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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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