Gastropteron bicornutum Doublehorned Batwing Slug

Gastropteron bicornutum is commonly referred to as Doublehorned Batwing Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7375 

AphiaID:

511955 

Scientific:

Gastropteron bicornutum 

German:

Doppelhorn Fledermausschnecke 

English:

Doublehorned Batwing Slug 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Gastropteridae (Family) > Gastropteron (Genus) > bicornutum (Species) 

Initial determination:

Baba & Tokioka, 1965 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bali, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea 

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:

5 - 10 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1cm - 2cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

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:

• 
  Gastropteron bicornutum
  Doppelhorn Fledermausschnecke
• 
  Gastropteron chacmol
  Chacmol Fledermausschnecke
• Gastropteron hamanni
• Gastropteron japonicum
• Gastropteron odhneri
• 
  Gastropteron pacificum
  Pazifische Fledermausschnecke
• 
  Gastropteron rubrum
  Fledermausschnecke
• Gastropteron sibogae
• Gastropteron sinense
• Gastropteron vespertilium
• Gastropteron viride
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Gastropteron minutum
  Fledermausschnecke
• 
  Gastropteron sp.01
  Fledermausschnecke
• 
  Gastropteron sp.04
  Fledermausschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-07-20 13:32:43 

Last edit:

2026-06-30 20:12:43 

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