Umbraculum from Turkey

July 7, 2006
From: Charles McGurk

I'd be grateful if someone could please offer an opinion upon this specimen photographed near Bodrum in Turkey. I thought that it might be Dendrodoris limbata, although could not work out what the disc-shaped dorsal mass is. Could it be parasitic?

Locality: Bay, 3 m, Turkey, Aegean, 17 June 2006, Sheltered bay. Length: ~30 mm. Photographer: Charles McGurk.

Many thanks for any replies.
Charles McGurk

charles.mcgurk@mail.com

McGurk, C, 2006 (Jul 7) Umbraculum from Turkey. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16981

Dear Charlie,
This is a primitive slug, Umbraculum mediterraneum. The disc-shaped mass on its back is its flattened shell - all that is left to remind us of its snail ancestry.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Jul 7). Comment on Umbraculum from Turkey by Charles McGurk. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16981

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