Odontoglaja mosaica Mosaic Headshield Slug

Odontoglaja mosaica wird umgangssprachlich als Kopfschildschnecke bezeichnet.

Sylvain Girardot, Französisch-Polynesien

Odontoglaja mosaica, Hurghada,Egypt 2017

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AphiaID:: 559048

Scientific:: Odontoglaja mosaica
German:: Mosaik-Kopfschildschnecke
English:: Mosaic Headshield Slug

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Aglajidae (Family) > Odontoglaja (Genus) > mosaica (Species)
Initial determination:: Gosliner, 2011

Occurrence:: Australia, Egypt, Indian Ocean, Israel, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Red Sea, Réunion , South-Africa
Sea depth:: 1 - 22 Meter
Size:: 0" - 0.79" (0,4cm - 2,0cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Turbellaria ("Planaria"), Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Odontoglaja guamensis
Guam Odontoglaja, Kopfschildschnecke
Odontoglaja mosaica
Mosaik-Kopfschildschnecke
Odontoglaja sabadiega

More related species in this lexicon:

Odontoglaja sp.01
Kopfschildschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2018-05-06 20:11:57
Last edit:: 2024-01-23 20:58:44

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Odontoglaja mosaica Gosliner, 2011

Odontoglaja mosaica belongs to the family Aglajidae.The family Aglajidae includes elongate sea snails with a small internal shell. Most of them are nocturnal.

The surface of the body and parapodia varie from white to cream with reticulated network of orange to brown lines that form a mosaic-like pattern on the notum, parapodia. Odontoglaja mosaica feeds on benthic copepods.

External links

mapress.com (en). Abgerufen am 13.05.2025.
Seaslugs.free.fr (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
treatment.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 24.01.2024.
YouTube (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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