Green elysia
Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)
Status not recordedsnails and slugs
The green elysia (Elysia viridis) is a species in the family Plakobranchidae.
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Quick facts about the green elysia
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the green elysia live?
Not recorded
Is the green elysia endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the green elysia classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda
- familyPlakobranchidae
- genusElysia
- SpeciesElysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)
Synonyms Actaeon minutum, Aplysiopterus neapolitanus, Elysia marmorata, Elysia minuta, Elysia pagenstecheri, Elysia viridis var. olivacea, Laplysia viridis
Other names and names in other languages (18)
- Green velvet snailEnglish
- Plant-sucking nudibranchEnglish
- Sap-sucking slugEnglish
- Solar-powered sea slugEnglish
- elysia verdaCatalan
- elysa zelenáCzech
- fløjlssneglDanish
- grüne SamtschneckeGerman
- elysia verdeSpanish
- elysie verteFrench
- elisiaItalian
- grønn silkesneglNorwegian Bokmål
- groene wierslakDutch
- vrážovka zelenáSlovak
- sammetssnigelSwedish
- groene zeenaaktslakDutch
- blåprickig solbadareSwedish
- grön sammetssnigelSwedish
Relatives of the green elysia
Other species in the same genus Elysia.

Emerald elysia
Elysia chlorotica
Lettuce slug
Elysia crispata
Tri-banded Taco slug
Elysia marginata
Lettuce slug
Elysia ornata
Horned Sapsucker
Elysia cornigera
Ruffled elysia
Elysia subornata
CompareGreen elysia vs Emerald elysiaGreen elysia vs Lettuce slugGreen elysia vs Tri-banded Taco slugGreen elysia vs Lettuce slug
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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