Английская Википедия:Aplustrum amplustre
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Aplustrum amplustre, also known as royal paper bubble, ship’s flag shell, swollen bubble, is a species of sea snails, bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aplustridae.Шаблон:R
Description
With length of shell around 15–40 mm, its shell is smaller and more heavily calcified shell than the other members of same species. shell with horizontal lines, with lightbrown stripes, outlined in black, alternating with translucent white and pink stripes patterns; the animal is too large to fit inside its shell. The species is active at night. Predator feeding on polychaete worms. Empty shells are used by hermit crabs.
Distribution
The species is distributed in warm seaШаблон:R around tropical Indo-Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, South of Kyūshū of Japan,Шаблон:R South Africa to Hawaii, Madagascar.
Habitat
It lives in shallow water (10 metres below sea level) on reefs, with a mix of fine sand, rock and turf algae.Шаблон:R
References
External links
- Шаблон:Wikispecies-inline
- Шаблон:Malacologia14radula
- Sea Slug Forum info
- Info on the genus
- Шаблон:Sealifephotos
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