Weinkauffia turgidula Bubbla Snail

Weinkauffia turgidula is commonly referred to as Bubbla 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:

16794 

AphiaID:

140080 

Scientific:

Weinkauffia turgidula 

German:

Geschwollene Blasenschnecke 

English:

Bubbla Snail 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Haminoeidae (Family) > Weinkauffia (Genus) > turgidula (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Forbes, ), 1844 

Occurrence:

Algeria, European Coasts, Greece, Madeira, Malta, Marmara Sea ( Sea of Marmara), North Atlantic Ocean, Senegal, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 

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:

0 - 40 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,5cm - 0,7cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous 

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:

• 
  Weinkauffia turgidula
  Geschwollene Blasenschnecke

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Weinkauffia macandrewii
  MacAndrews Blasenchnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-09-27 13:25:48 

Last edit:

2024-09-27 13:39:35 

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