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Chelidonura cubana Cuban Aglaja Headshield Slug

Chelidonura cubana is commonly referred to as Cuban Aglaja 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 Pauline Walsh Jacobson, USA

bhb 21 PA260619,Cuban Aglaja Headshield Slug, Chelidonura cubana, half inch,Blue Heron Bridge,Florida,USA 2021


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lexID:
14463 
AphiaID:
420527 
Scientific:
Chelidonura cubana 
German:
Kuba Kopfschildschnecke 
English:
Cuban Aglaja Headshield Slug 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Aglajidae (Family) > Chelidonura (Genus) > cubana (Species) 
Initial determination:
Ortea & Martínez, 1997 
Occurrence:
Guadeloupe, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, USA 
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:
2 - 6 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0" - 0" (0,3cm - 0,9cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°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) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-07-23 17:54:53 

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Chelidonura cubana Ortea & Martínez, 1997

The white patch on the front of the head and on the posterior tip of the head shield seem quite characteristic.

Similar to Chelidonura hirundinina, Chelidonura africana and Chelidonura berolina.

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 04.02.2022.
  2. Seaslugforum (en). Abgerufen am 04.02.2022.

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Chelidonura cubana,Kralendijk, Caribbean Netherlands 2025
Cuban Headshield Slug, Chelidonura cubana, Florida 2023
Cuban Headshield Slug, Chelidonura cubana, Florida 2023
bhb 21 PA260619,Cuban Aglaja Headshield Slug, Chelidonura cubana, half inch,Blue Heron Bridge,Florida,USA 2021
bhb 21 PA260616,Cuban Aglaja Headshield Slug, Chelidonura cubana, half inch,Blue Heron Bridge,Florida,USA 2021
bhb 21 PA260615,Cuban Aglaja Headshield Slug, Chelidonura cubana, half inch,Blue Heron Bridge,Florida,USA 2021

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