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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?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyPlakobranchidae
  5. genusElysia
  6. 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

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the green elysia

Other species in the same genus Elysia.

Lettuce slug

Elysia crispata

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Green elysia (Elysia viridis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-elysia

MLA

“Green elysia (Elysia viridis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-elysia.

BibTeX
@misc{green_elysia_2026,
  title = {Green elysia (Elysia viridis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-elysia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}