Slug - Chelidonura varians
Order: CEPHALASPIDEA
Family: Aglajidae
Discovered: 1903
Dive Site: Tanjung Kubur - 18m depth - 26/02/2007 - Lembeh Strait - Sulawesi - Indonesia Photo: Danny Van Belle
Dive Site: Tanjung Kubur - 18m depth - 26/02/2007 - Lembeh Strait - Sulawesi - INDONESIA
Photo: Danny Van Belle
The distribution of this snail reaches of the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific.
She is a maximum number of 7 cm.
This snail appears to feed on Polyclad flatworms.
Another slug that looks very similar is Philinopsis gardineri.
The difference between the two species are easy to notice the shape of the head and the length of the tail sections.
Chelidonura varians to spawn. Dive Site: The river - Depth 12m - 06/08/2006 - Tulamben - East Bali - Indonesia Photo: Anja Flick
Demands the ring looks like a silk gauze from which the sand is left.
It's a kind of cocoon that has a long mucus band attached to the sandy bottom. The calls ring through the genital opening to the outside and pressed in a circular motion around the head rotated to create a cocoon-like spiral form. Ultimately, the head is from the inner part of the cocoon and turn out the left opening is closed.
In a spiral, the demand ring around the head rotated to obtain a cocoon shape. Dive Site: The river - 12m depth - 19/07/2006 - Tulamben - East Bali - Indonesia Photo: Danny Van Belle
Demands the ring is attached to the sandy bottom. Dive Site: The river - 12m depth - 19/07/2006 - Tulamben - East Bali - Indonesia Photo: Danny Van Belle
