Bosellia levis Sapsucking Slug

Bosellia levis is commonly referred to as Sapsucking Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17569 

AphiaID:

138850 

Scientific:

Bosellia levis 

German:

Saftsaugerschnecke 

English:

Sapsucking Slug 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchidae (Family) > Bosellia (Genus) > levis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Fernández-Ovies & Ortea, 1986 

Occurrence:

European Coasts, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago 

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:

Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,2cm - 0,8cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Food specialist, Herbivorous 

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:

• Bosellia corinneae
• Bosellia curasoae
• 
  Bosellia levis
  Saftsaugerschnecke
• 
  Bosellia mimetica
  Mimik-Bosellia, Saftsauger

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-07-01 16:11:11 

Last edit:

2025-07-01 17:09:38 

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