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Camachoaglaja africana African Headshield Slug

Camachoaglaja africana is commonly referred to as African 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.


Profilbild Urheber Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Camachoaglaja africana,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2025


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lexID:
11138 
AphiaID:
1055234 
Scientific:
Camachoaglaja africana 
German:
Afrikanische Kopfschildschnecke 
English:
African Headshield Slug 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Aglajidae (Family) > Camachoaglaja (Genus) > africana (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Pruvot-Fol, ), 1953 
Occurrence:
Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Africa, Azores, European Coasts, Madeira, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Spain, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 
Sea depth:
2 - 15 Meter 
Habitats:
Algae zones, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0" - 0.79" (0,5cm - 2,5cm) 
Temperature:
53.6 °F - 75.2 °F (12°C - 24°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Turbellaria ("Planaria") 
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) 
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in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-07-06 15:04:41 

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Camachoaglaja africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953

Like other species of the family, it has been found feeding on small marine flatworms.

Synonymised names
Chelidonura africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953 (original combination)
Chelidonura italica Sordi, 1980 (synonym)
Chelidonura leopoldoi Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997

External links

  1. OPK (en). Abgerufen am 06.07.2025.
  2. researchgate.net (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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