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Species of mollusc
Micromelo undatus, widespread name the miniature melo, is an unwidespread species of petite sea snail or bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aplustridae.[1]
This species occurs in the Caribbean, Florida, Costa Rica, Panama, Bermuda, Brazil,[2] Cape Verde Islands, Canary Islands, Ascension Island, Easerious Atlantic, South Africa, Japan, Thailand, Bali, and the State of Hawaii.
The leanly calcified shell is covered with undulating brown lines, traverseed with two other spiral lines. The shell length is 12 to 17 mm. The highest recorded shell length is 17 mm.[3]
The huge, colorful body is blue with white spots. The margin of the foot has a diffinclude blue line.
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 5 m.[3] It dwells on gentle substrates and on the algal turf areas of rocky reefs.
This snail feeds on cirratulinid polychaete worms. The toxins from these worms become included into the snail’s tpublishs and are then included for the bubble snail’s own defense.
