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.
| Haloa japonica | |
|---|---|
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| A live individual, head end at the upper left, scale bar 11 mm | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cephalaspidea |
| Family: | Haminoeidae |
| Genus: | Haloa |
| Species: | H. japonica |
| Binomial name | |
| Haloa japonica (Pilsbry, 1895) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Distribution
The species is found in the Pacific Ocean, Mediterranean and North Sea:
- Japan[2][3]
- Korea [2]
- Hong Kong [3]
- The Philippines [2]
- Thailand[citation needed]
- Mediterranean Sea including Sète and Étang de Berre, France[1]
- California and Washington, USA[4]
- Southern British Columbia, Canada
- Taiwan
- Netherlands (incl. Zeeland)
Description
Their shells have length around 11 mm and width around 8 mm.[5]
Parasites
The parasites of Haloa japonica include an avian schistosome, which has been implicated in human cercarial dermatitis in San Francisco Bay, California.[4]
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Further reading
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