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Nakamigawaia spiralis Headshield slug

Nakamigawaia spiralis is commonly referred to as Headshield slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
10682 
AphiaID:
567125 
Scientific:
Nakamigawaia spiralis 
German:
Kopfschildschnecke 
English:
Headshield Slug 
Category:
Headshield slugs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Aglajidae (Family) > Nakamigawaia (Genus) > spiralis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Kuroda & Habe, 1961 
Occurrence:
Japan, Papua New Guinea 
Sea depth:
8 - 23 Meter 
Size:
0" - 0.39" (0,8cm - 1,2cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Foraminifers, No reliable information available 
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:
 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2018-01-21 20:33:26 

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Nakamigawaia spiralis Kuroda & Habe, 1961

Nakamigawaia spiralis is uniform black or black with white spots and white longitudinal lines. The shell size 1 mm.

This Headshield slug can be found on sand, sandy lagoon slope and near Halimeda patches.This species feeds on Foraminiferans.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Philinoidea (Superfamily) > Aglajidae (Family) > Nakamigawaia (Genus) > Nakamigawaia spiralis (Species)

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Nakamigawaia felis, Riviera Beach, Florida, USA 2019 - CC by-sa 3.0

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