Volvatella from South Africa

October 17, 2008
From: Colin Ogden

Dear Bill,
I found this little creature last year. At first I thought it was a nudi, because he had this growth of something on his back just where his gills would be, but on downloading it, I think it is a Volvatella, a genus I have never seen before.

Locality: Sodwana Bay, 20 metres, South Africa, Indian, 16 September 2007, reef. Length: 6 mm. Photographer: Colin Ogden.

Please can you help me yet again.
regards
Colin

scubaco@iafrica.com

Ogden C M, 2008 (Oct 17) Volvatella from South Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20739

Dear Colin,

This is indeed a species of Volvatella, but not one I recognise. The brownish spots scattered over the shell, are I suspect colourless spots on the white mantle which lines the inside of the transparent shell. I don't know of a described species with that colour pattern. Perhaps Kathe Jensen has an idea?

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Oct 17). Comment on Volvatella from South Africa by Colin Ogden. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20739

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Volvatella sp. 1.

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