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Pupa nitidula Smooth Pink Pupa

Pupa nitidula is commonly referred to as Smooth Pink Pupa. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Pupa nitidula,Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie 2025


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lexID:
18032 
AphiaID:
215313 
Scientific:
Pupa nitidula 
German:
Glatte Pinkfarbene Drechselschnecke 
English:
Smooth Pink Pupa 
Category:
Headshield slugs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Acteonidae (Family) > Pupa (Genus) > nitidula (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lamarck, ), 1816 
Occurrence:
Australia, East Africa, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, New Caledonia, Philippines, Réunion , South-Africa 
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:
Coral reefs, Lagoons, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.39" - 0.79" (1,0cm - 2,0cm) 
Temperature:
32 °F - 82.4 °F (0°C - 28°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available, Predatory, Worms 
Tank:
11 gal (~ 50L)  
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-01-08 13:49:08 

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Pupa nitidula (Lamarck, 1816)

Pupa nitidula belongs to the family Acteonidae. The housing are oval to spindle-shaped with operculum. Body white , shell white eith large dark brown or black markings. Pupa nitidula is a very small shell, that lives in sand and feeds on polychaete worms.

Synonymised names
Solidula nitidula (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted
Tornatella nitidula Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

  1. seaslugforum (en). Abgerufen am 08.01.2026.
  2. underwaterkwaj (en). Abgerufen am 08.01.2026.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 08.01.2026.

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Pupa nitidula,Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie 2025

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