Tamanovalva limax from southern Queensland

April 6, 2007
From: Gary Cobb


Hi Bill and everyone!
My dive buddy David Mullins and I have been collecting Caulerpa racemosa and have found some new exciting animals. I thought I would update the Forum fact sheet file for Tamanovalva limax. I found it within the Caulerpa after we went diving.

Locality: Mooloolaba Sunshine Coast, 18m, Queensland, Pacific Ocean, 10 March 2007, Subtidal. Length: 7 mm. Photographer: Gary Cobb.

Cheers and happy branching!
Gary Cobb

gary@nudibranch.com.au

Cobb, G.C., 2007 (Apr 6) Tamanovalva limax from southern Queensland. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19650

Thanks Gary,
I love these little 'bivalved snails'. Until living animals were found, members of the family, which was first found in the the fossil record, were thought to be  strange bivalves.  I am not quite sure why I haven't photos of this species from the southern Pacific on the Forum - I have certainly found it on the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.  I must look out some photos.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Apr 6). Comment on Tamanovalva limax from southern Queensland by Gary Cobb. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19650

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Tamanovalva limax

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