Pulmonate slug? from Maldives

May 4, 2001
From: Erwin Koehler

Dear Bill,
Attached is a photo from the Maldives, Nov. 1996. Are they pulmonate slugs?

There were hundreds of them crawling upon the breakwaters at Ellaidhoo island, most of the time not beneath the waterline...and never seen during diving! Max. seen length 7cm.
Erwin

Erwin@medslugs.de

Koehler, E., 2001 (May 4) Pulmonate slug? from Maldives. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4262

Dear Erwin,
Yes they are a species of the pulmonate air-breathing family Onchidiidae. These animals are definitely restricted to the upper intertidal.
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (May 4). Comment on Pulmonate slug? from Maldives by Erwin Koehler. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4262

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