Marionia olivacea? from Sulawesi

December 16, 2002
From: Mary Jane Adams

Hi Bill,
I photographed a slug in Indonesia last week that looks a lot like Marionia olivacea. It was sitting on a sand slope in Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi.

Divesite: Hairball Too
Depth: 8 meters,
Length: 25mm,
Date: Nov. 25, 2002 about an hour after dark.

What do you think?
Best regards,
Mary Jane

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Adams, MJ., 2002 (Dec 16) Marionia olivacea? from Sulawesi. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8613

Thanks Mary Jane,
It could well be. At present we don't know enough about colour variation in the tritoniids to be very sure of most species in the Indo-West Pacific. I had thought of M. olivacea as a probable NW Pacific endemic, but we really don't know enough about its distribution.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Dec 16). Comment on Marionia olivacea? from Sulawesi by Mary Jane Adams . [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8613

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