Camachoaglaja africana African Headshield Slug

Camachoaglaja africana is commonly referred to as African Headshield 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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lexID:

11138 

AphiaID:

1055234 

Scientific:

Camachoaglaja africana 

German:

Afrikanische Kopfschildschnecke 

English:

African Headshield Slug 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Aglajidae (Family) > Camachoaglaja (Genus) > africana (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Pruvot-Fol, ), 1953 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Africa, Azores, European Coasts, Madeira, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Spain, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

2 - 15 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 0.79" (0,5cm - 2,5cm) 

Temperature:

53.6 °F - 75.2 °F (12°C - 24°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Turbellaria ("Planaria") 

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) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Camachoaglaja africana
  Afrikanische Kopfschildschnecke
• 
  Camachoaglaja berolina
  Kopfschildschnecke
• 
  Camachoaglaja binter
  Kopfschildschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-10-18 19:05:12 

Last edit:

2025-07-06 15:04:41 

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