Aliculastrum cylindricum Cylindrical Atys, bubble snail

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lexID:: 7151
AphiaID:: 718605

Scientific:: Aliculastrum cylindricum
German:: Blasenschnecke
English:: Cylindrical Atys, Bubble Snail

Category:: Headshield slugs
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Haminoeidae (Family) > Aliculastrum (Genus) > cylindricum (Species)
Initial determination:: (Helbling, ), 1779

Occurrence:: Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Mauritius, North Atlantic Ocean, Philippines, Red Sea, South-Africa, Tansania, the Mediterranean Sea, Western Pacific Ocean
Size:: up to 1.18" (3 cm)
Temperature:: 68 °F - 80.6 °F (20°C - 27°C)
Food:: Algae, Detritus
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
Red List:: Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-05-16 19:40:41
Last edit:: 2014-05-16 19:40:41

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Aliculastrum cylindricum (Helbling, 1779) - formerly calssified as Atys cylindricus

Snails genus Haminoeidae have a bubble shaped shell.Therefore it is called bubble snails.All Haminoeidae snails are herbivorous.Aliculastrum cylindricum feeds on diatoms and vegetable detritus.

Synonyms:
Atys cylindraeus
Atys cylindrica
Atys cylindricus
Atys elongatus
Bulla cylindrica
Bulla elongata
Bulla solida

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

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