Tamanovalva limax [Status Unaccepted]
Kawaguti & Baba
1959 (Sea Slug)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Organism information awaits expert curation
Taxonomy | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Sacoglossa |
Family: | Juliidae |
Description
Size: not more than 10 mm in length.
Color: Light yellow.
Shell small, thin, elongately oval, valves equal, fragile and transparent; protoconch of one and half whorls situated just behind the anterior one third of length; adductor muscle scar round and in anterior half, firmly attached to the right valve; rhinophores grooved, speckled with whit dots, tentacles small and lobe-like, eyes situated on the prominence of neck, foot narrow with medially grooved sole.
Size: not more than 10 mm in length.
Color: Light yellow.
Shell small, thin, elongately oval, valves equal, fragile and transparent; protoconch of one and half whorls situated just behind the anterior one third of length; adductor muscle scar round and in anterior half, firmly attached to the right valve; rhinophores grooved, speckled with whit dots, tentacles small and lobe-like, eyes situated on the prominence of neck, foot narrow with medially grooved sole.
Synonym (s)
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Biogeography
• Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam (Lat: 17.7) (Long: 83.3) INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Gulf of Mannar (Lat: 8.5) (Long: 79) INDIA
• Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam (Lat: 17.7) (Long: 83.3) INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Gulf of Mannar (Lat: 8.5) (Long: 79) INDIA
Literature Source(s)
- Subba Rao, NV (2003) Indian seashells Records of the Zoological Survey of India ZSI, Kolkata (Part 1) 416 pp Available at - NCL, Pune
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
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