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Micromelo barbarae Barbara's Paper Bubble Snail

Micromelo barbarae is commonly referred to as Barbara's Paper Bubble Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Sven Kahlbrock, Ägypten

Micromelo barbarae, Sabang, Mindoro Island, Phillipines 2016


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lexID:
15232 
AphiaID:
1523206 
Scientific:
Micromelo barbarae 
German:
Barbaras Papierblasenschnecke 
English:
Barbara's Paper Bubble Snail 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Aplustridae (Family) > Micromelo (Genus) > barbarae (Species) 
Initial determination:
Feliciano, Malaquias, Stout, Brenzinger, Gosliner & Á. Valdés, 2021 
Occurrence:
Japan, Philippines 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
6 - 33 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0" - 0" (0,4cm - 0,8cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory, Worms 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-05-14 19:01:06 

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Micromelo barbarae Feliciano, Malaquias, Stout, Brenzinger, Gosliner & Á. Valdés, 2021

Type locality. Balanoy dive site, Calumpan Peninsula, Mabini, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Geographic range. Philippines and Japan.

External distinguishing characteristics of this species include the presence of widely spaced white patches on the body, a longer than wide headshield, with large posterior extensions, and a shell with the apex extending slightly beyond the posterior end of the aperture.

Prey on cirratulid polychaete worms.

External links

  1. University of Bergen (en). Abgerufen am 14.05.2025.

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Micromelo barbarae, coconuts, Tingloy, Batangas, Philippines 2025 (CC-BY-SA)
Micromelo barbarae, Sabang, Mindoro Island, Phillipines 2016

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