Titiscania limacina Titiscania

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

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lexID:: 9773
AphiaID:: 532065

Scientific:: Titiscania limacina
German:: Titiscania
English:: Titiscania

Category:: Lumache

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cycloneritida (Order) > Neritopsidae (Family) > Titiscania (Genus) > limacina (Species)
Initial determination:: Bergh, 1890

Occurrence:: Columbia, Galapagos Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Panama, Philippines, Red Sea
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: up to 0.47" (1.2 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), No reliable information available
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Titiscania limacina
Titiscania
Titiscania shinkishihataii

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-06-18 19:43:54
Last edit:: 2021-04-11 11:23:30

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Titiscania limacina Bergh, 1890

This snail is very slug-like in appearance (lacks a shell) and its easily confused with the nudibranchs. Its a white, shell-less neritid snail.

The body colour is white twith two rows of white tubercles (glands).This glands exude a thick white secretion when the animal is disturbed.

Titiscania limacina inhabit shallow waters on coral reefs.

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Filling a gap: first record of the shell-less neritacean gastropod Titiscania limacina Bergh, 1890 in Colombia (multi). Abgerufen am 11.04.2021.
Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
The occurrence of the shell-less neritacean gastropod Titiscania limacina in the Galapagos Islands (en). Abgerufen am 11.04.2021.
underwaterkwaj.com (en). Abgerufen am 10.04.2021.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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