Nakamigawaia felis Black Headshield Slug, Black Cat Headshield

Nakamigawaia felis is commonly referred to as Black Headshield Slug, Black Cat Headshield. 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:

9053 

AphiaID:

746954 

Scientific:

Nakamigawaia felis 

German:

Schwarze Kopfschildschnecke 

English:

Black Headshield Slug, Black Cat Headshield 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Aglajidae (Family) > Nakamigawaia (Genus) > felis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, ), 1970 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Florida, Hawaii, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

2 - 10 Meter 

Habitats:

Sandy sea floors 

Size:

0.12" - 0.98" (0.3cm - 2.5cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, No reliable information available 

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:

• 
  Nakamigawaia spiralis
  Kopfschildschnecke

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Nakamigawaia felis
  Schwarze Kopfschildschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-12-19 13:40:46 

Last edit:

2023-12-08 14:54:28 

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