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Mnestia girardi bubble snail

Mnestia girardi is commonly referred to as bubble snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Mnestia Girardi,8mm,This tiny bubble shell was photographed at Cantik Point in November, 2023.


Courtesy of the author Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater . Please visit www.underwaterkwaj.com for more information.

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lexID:
8185 
AphiaID:
994263 
Scientific:
Mnestia girardi 
German:
Blasenschnecke 
English:
Bubble Snail 
Category:
Headshield slugs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Mnestiidae (Family) > Mnestia (Genus) > girardi (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Audouin, ), 1826 
Occurrence:
Bali, Cyprus, Egypt, European Coasts, Greece, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, North Atlantic Ocean, Okinawa, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Syrian Arab Republic, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey, Vietnam 
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 - 29 Meter 
Habitats:
Algae zones, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.12" - 0.31" (0.3cm - 0.8cm) 
Temperature:
68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available 
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:
  • Mnestia marmorata
  • Mnestia villica
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-07-20 17:07:28 

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Mnestia girardi (Audouin, 1826)

Mnestia girardi has a thick cylindrical shell with brown spiral bands. The shell is translucent gray with white and brown patches.The pattern is variable.

Ventomnestia girardi can be found in mixed habitats and in Halimeda kanaloana beds. This species is nocturnal and burying itself in sand during the day.Bubble-shells are often only known from their shells.Photos of the living animals are seldom.Ventomnestia girardi feeds on green algae.

Synonymised names
Bulla (Cylichna) bizona A. Adams, 1850 · unaccepted
Bulla bizona A. Adams, 1850 · unaccepted
Bulla girardi Audouin, 1826 · unaccepted
Cylichna bizona (A. Adams, 1850) · unaccepted
Cylichna girardi (Audouin, 1826) · unaccepted
Cylichnina girardi (Audouin, 1826) · unaccepted
Mnestia bizona (A. Adams, 1850) · unaccepted
Retusa (Ventomnestia) bizona (A. Adams, 1850) · unaccepted
Retusa (Ventomnestia) kawamurai Habe, 1950 · unaccepted
Retusa bizona (A. Adams, 1850) · unaccepted
Retusa bizonata (A. Adams, 1850) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Retusa girardi (Audouin, 1826) · unaccepted
Ventomnestia bizona (A. Adams, 1850) · unaccepted
Ventomnestia girardi (Audouin, 1826) · unaccepted
Ventomnestia kawamurai (Habe, 1950) · unaccepted

External links

  1. OPK (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Rfbolland.com (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Mnestia Girardi,8mm,This tiny bubble shell was photographed at Cantik Point in November, 2023.
Mnestia Girardi,8mm,This tiny bubble shell was photographed at Cantik Point in November, 2023.

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