Navanax polyalphos Headshield slug,white-spotted navanax

Navanax polyalphos is commonly referred to as Headshield slug,white-spotted navanax. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

9733 

AphiaID:

581410 

Scientific:

Navanax polyalphos 

German:

Kopfschildschnecke 

English:

Headshield Slug,white-spotted Navanax 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Aglajidae (Family) > Navanax (Genus) > polyalphos (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gosliner & G. C. Williams, ), 1972 

Occurrence:

Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), USA 

Size:

1.18" - 1.77" (3cm - 4.5cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 71.6 °F (°C - 22°C) 

Food:

Predatory, Snails 

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:

• 
  Navanax aenigmaticus
  Mysteriöse Navanax, Kopfschildschnecke
• 
  Navanax gemmatus
  Kopfschildschnecke
• 
  Navanax inermis
  Kalifornische Aglaja, Kopfschildschnecke
• 
  Navanax orbignyanus
  Kopfschildschnecke
• 
  Navanax polyalphos
  Kopfschildschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-05-24 20:00:34 

Last edit:

2016-05-24 20:00:34 

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