Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Flapping Dingbat
Gastropteron chacmol
Flapping Dingbat
Category: Batwing Slugs
Scientific Name: Gastropteron chacmol
Size: Up to 0.5 in. (4 mm)  
Depth: 6-30 ft. (2-10 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Gastropoda (Class)
 └Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  └Euthyneura (Infraclass)
   └Cephalaspidea (Order)
    └Gastropteridae (Family)
     └Gastropteron (Genus)

Sea Slugs
Batwing Slugs

Flapping Dingbat



All Photographs
© 2025 Florent Charpin