Bosellia mimetica Mimic-Sapsucking Slug

Bosellia mimetica is commonly referred to as Mimic-Sapsucking Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5877 

AphiaID:

138851 

Scientific:

Bosellia mimetica 

German:

Mimik-Bosellia, Saftsauger 

English:

Mimic-Sapsucking Slug 

Category:

Sacoglossa 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchidae (Family) > Bosellia (Genus) > mimetica (Species) 

Initial determination:

Trinchese, 1891 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Brazil, Croatia, European Coasts, Florida, Greece, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey, West-Atlantic Ocean 

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:

Algae zones, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 0.31" (0.8 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Food specialist, Herbivorous 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Bosellia corinneae
• Bosellia curasoae
• 
  Bosellia levis
  Saftsaugerschnecke
• 
  Bosellia mimetica
  Mimik-Bosellia, Saftsauger

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-08-13 18:26:20 

Last edit:

2025-07-01 16:38:47 

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