Haloa japonica | |
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A live individual, head end at the upper left, scale bar 11 mm | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Cephalaspidea |
Family: | Haminoeidae |
Genus: | Haloa |
Species: | H. japonica
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Binomial name | |
Haloa japonica (
Pilsbry, 1895)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Haloa japonica, common name the Japanese bubble snail, is a species of sea snail or bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Haminoeidae, one of the families of bubble snails.
The species is found in the Pacific Ocean, Mediterranean and North Sea:
Their shells have length around 11 mm and width around 8 mm. [5]
The parasites of Haloa japonica include an avian schistosome, which has been implicated in human cercarial dermatitis in San Francisco Bay, California. [4]
Haloa japonica | |
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A live individual, head end at the upper left, scale bar 11 mm | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Cephalaspidea |
Family: | Haminoeidae |
Genus: | Haloa |
Species: | H. japonica
|
Binomial name | |
Haloa japonica (
Pilsbry, 1895)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Haloa japonica, common name the Japanese bubble snail, is a species of sea snail or bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Haminoeidae, one of the families of bubble snails.
The species is found in the Pacific Ocean, Mediterranean and North Sea:
Their shells have length around 11 mm and width around 8 mm. [5]
The parasites of Haloa japonica include an avian schistosome, which has been implicated in human cercarial dermatitis in San Francisco Bay, California. [4]