Vellicolla muscaria Bubble Snail

Vellicolla muscaria 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.

Profile

lexID:

17496 

AphiaID:

1342098 

Scientific:

Vellicolla muscaria 

German:

Blasenschnecke 

English:

Bubble Snail 

Category:

Headshield slugs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Haminoeidae (Family) > Vellicolla (Genus) > muscaria (Species) 

Initial determination:

(A. Gould, ), 1859 

Occurrence:

Bali, China, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Okinawa, Philippines, Vietnam 

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:

- 13 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,5cm - 0,7cm) 

Temperature:

69.8 °F - 82.4 °F (21°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous, 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:

• 
  Vellicolla muscaria
  Blasenschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-06-08 14:19:25 

Last edit:

2025-06-08 14:26:18 

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