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Micromelo undatus Miniature Melo, Wavy Bubble, Bubble Shell Sea Slug

Micromelo undatus is commonly referred to as Miniature Melo, Wavy Bubble, Bubble Shell Sea Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Micromelo undatus,Bulle zigzag,Miniature melo, Reunion 2025


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lexID:
5554 
AphiaID:
140121 
Scientific:
Micromelo undatus 
German:
Wellen Papierblasenschnecke 
English:
Miniature Melo, Wavy Bubble, Bubble Shell Sea Slug 
Category:
Headshield slugs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Aplustridae (Family) > Micromelo (Genus) > undatus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Bruguière, ), 1792 
Occurrence:
Africa, Bermuda, Brazil, East-Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Hawaii, Japan, Mozambique, Réunion , South-Africa, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean 
Sea depth:
- 25 Meter 
Size:
0.47" - 0.79" (1.2cm - 2,0cm) 
Temperature:
19,2 °F - 24,9 °F (19,2°C - 24,9°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Worms 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-03-23 17:36:41 

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Micromelo undatus (Bruguière, 1792)

Micromelo undatus, also known as bubble snail. This snail feeds on cirratulinid polychaete worms. The toxins from these worms become incorporated into the snail's tissues and are then used for the bubble snail's own defense.

Synonymised names:
Bulla elegans (Menke, 1830) · unaccepted
Bulla nitidula Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted
Bulla undata Bruguière, 1792 · unaccepted
Bullina elegans Menke, 1830 · unaccepted
Micromelo undata [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)

External links

  1. Seaslugforum (en). Abgerufen am 23.03.2023.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Juvenile


Commonly

Blasenschnecke, Micromelo undatus
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Micromelo undatus (Bali), 2018
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Micromelo undata, Bali Indonesien 2018
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Micromelo undatus (c) by Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz
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Micromelo undata  © Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz,Madeira Portugal
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