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Roxaniella jeffreysi bubble snail

Roxaniella jeffreysi 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.


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lexID:
11177 
AphiaID:
1342955 
Scientific:
Roxaniella jeffreysi 
German:
Blasenschnecke 
English:
Bubble Snail 
Category:
Headshield slugs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Haminoeidae (Family) > Roxaniella (Genus) > jeffreysi (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Weinkauff, ), 1866 
Occurrence:
Azores, Central America (Eastern Pacific), European Coasts, Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Spain, the Canary Islands 
Sea depth:
- 40 Meter 
Size:
0,3 cm 
Temperature:
53.6 °F - 77 °F (12°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Detritus, 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) 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2019-09-20 09:42:11 

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Roxaniella jeffreysi (Weinkauff, 1866)

Snails genus Haminoeidae have a bubble shaped shell. Therefore it is called bubble snails. All Haminoeidae snails are herbivorous. Roxaniella jeffreysi feeds on algae and vegetable detritus.

Synonymised names:
Atys jeffreysi (Weinkauff, 1866)
Bulla (Cylichna) jeffreysi Weinkauff, 1866 (basionym)
Bulla jeffreysi Weinkauff, 1866 (original combination)
Bulla ovulata Brocchi, 1814 sensu Jeffreys, 1856 (misidentification)

External links

  1. OPK Ophistobranquis (multi). Abgerufen am 13.10.2023.

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