Weinkauffia macandrewii MacAndrew's Glassy-bubble

Weinkauffia macandrewii is commonly referred to as MacAndrew's Glassy-bubble. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

16787 

AphiaID:

1342949 

Scientific:

Weinkauffia macandrewii 

German:

MacAndrews Blasenchnecke 

English:

MacAndrew's Glassy-bubble 

Category:

Headshield slugs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Haminoeidae (Family) > Weinkauffia (Genus) > macandrewii (Species) 

Initial determination:

(E. A. Smith, ), 1872 

Occurrence:

Azores, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, European Coasts, Greece, Gulf of Mexico, Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0,3 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous 

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:

• 
  Weinkauffia turgidula
  Geschwollene Blasenschnecke

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Weinkauffia macandrewii
  MacAndrews Blasenchnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-09-24 19:12:52 

Last edit:

2024-09-24 19:26:34 

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